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Driving at You

from It Can't Happen Here by Nancy Babich

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A truth calms the breath and calmness is always more
useful than the other choice
But we're all so human we don't do what is useful
no matter what the price
We do what we think is right (for ourselves)
And then what we fear is right (despite ourselves)
Always the other half, always the other half

Now what can I do when I feel so threatened,
humiliated by your safety?
Until you write there's only blankness I can't live on
Derealize what you do most, let language flow

Ostalas' tol'ko ya, ostalas' tol'ko ty
No vot opyat oni - glaza, steklo, ogni!
Zachem opyat oni oni oni oni...

Ostalsya tol'ko den', ostalas' tol'ko noch
I lish' zhelaniye tebe pomoch
Ostalas' lish postel, ostalas' lish eda

Up against yourself,
you're up against yourself
Up against yourself
This inner peace is murdering you
This inner peace is murdering you
What good is consciousness if you can't hold your head up?
What good is consciousness if you can't hold your head up?
What good is freedom when you're conventional as money?
What good is freedom when you're conventional as money?

Always see yourself as obstacle, something to overcome
The joy of giving up on pride's too strong and too short term
To lead you anywhere good, like tearing off a scab
Too big to contain yourself, too hot and too harsh

We're beings living in nothing and everyone's perfection
Will play out traumas again and again and again and again
Trying to fill the void... fingers prying brain...

I never had it in me
You had me figured wrong
Someday we'll wind up right back where we belong

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from It Can't Happen Here, released September 1, 2016

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