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I will no longer be a sad sack 30-something

Who's still stuck leaning on all the self-hate I found when I was 21

Back then, I thought all I deserved, or would become, was

A gutter drunk – a lonely, unloveable fuck-up

The contrast's high enough to see

All the lies being sold to me

I've got everything I need

I've got a life I finally want

And I can start to believe

So, where does it leave me

Stuck in reverse with the gas tank empty

There it goes again, that "woe is me", that lack of agency

I put a limit on this, call it a past life and move on from it

Open the drawer - just burn the pages, I don't need them anymore

The contrast's high enough to see

All the lies being sold to me

I've got everything I need

I've got a life I finally love

And I can start to believe

I've got everything I need

I've got a life I finally want

And I can start to believe