Why Do I Keep Living in the Past?

from Hard-Won Fight and Other Stories by Travis Atwell

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You kicked the shit right out of me
in front of all of our friends
(well you're drunk, well you're drunk, well you're drunk girl)

It started slipping out of me
it's where my sanity ends
(what you done, what you done, what you done girl)

Well I think
you've had faces
you won't get past
(what you done, what you done, what you done girl)

You made a logical error
but it can happen now and then
(it can happen now and then, I think you know this)

You made a fool of me in front of mine and yours
and all of our friends
(I don't even talk to half of them anymore, but still)

Chorus:

Well I think you've had places you won't get back
So why do I keep living in the past

You took simple situation
and made it overly complex
(I think it's pretty cut and dry when you break it down enough)

It's under my skin
but I'm trying my best
(I don't have anything to say, I think I've said enough)

I recruited the best of them
to come to my rescue
(he was a young man, she was a young girl)

I was a captive of every idea
I ever had of you
(I was drunk, I was drunk, I was drunk girl)

Chorus

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from Hard-Won Fight and Other Stories, released March 12, 2017

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Travis Atwell Carrboro, North Carolina

Travis Atwell is, foremost, a passionate believer in the power of storytelling and language. He has been writing songs for nearly a decade, capturing the highest and the lowest emotional and experiential images of youth and young adulthood.His music is designed to create an intimate, refined, and emotional experience that glides seamlessly between introspective melancholy and unbridled fun. ... more

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