Release by The Songwriters Circle Lyrics

Firstborn child taught to listen
Never said a word
Always absorbing your pain, worries, and hurts

Consequences, triggers, and lies
I’ve got empathy, but I’ve still got pride
There’s no praise quite as good as “young but wise”

This is the climax I’ve been waiting for
This is my letterbomb
So kick me out the front door
This is my motorcycle crash into oblivion
This is the winter
This is how I know that the ballad is done

Don’t wait up
Just let me go
I am leaving
For the only place you cannot follow
We both knew
This day would come
The day I know that the ballad is finally done
Innocence, ovеrrated
What did I get?
A lifetimе of caution
Nineteen years of regret

“You are worthy, you are enough”
Tie a noose and strangle me with self-love
There’s no curse quite as bad as shutting up

This is the climax I’ve been waiting for
This is my letterbomb
It’s when you kick me out the front door
This is my motorcycle crash into oblivion
The is the winter
This is how I know that the ballad is done

Don’t wait up
Just let me go
I am leaving
For the only place you cannot follow
We both knew
This day would come
The day I know that the ballad is finally, finally done

I’ve done the best that I can do
I’ve been the perfect child for you
And I already knew
That I can live without you!
Don’t wait up
Just let me go
I am leaving
And I won’t be coming back tomorrow
We both knew
This day would come
The day I know that the ballad is finally
Untied and released I’m
Gone and it’s finally
Done

I don’t need reality
I don’t need a metaphor to see
That I am not a vessel for your pain
I don’t need a choir to sing
I don’t need saving
For you have committed
Unspeakable
Crimes!