It's Not My Job

from You Can Do It All by Cusp

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You are helpless
Free as a feather
You fell from a bird
No longer are tethered

I had an attachment
I hurtled to catch it
I opened the door
I opted to latch it

Your innocence kills me
It quickens my breath
My breathing is shallow
I’m out of my depth

You’re running from something
You’re running for fun
I’ll never forget you
Drenched in the sun

You were all laughing
I stopped and I let you
I promised myself
I’d never forget you

As long as I live
I won’t understand
It comes around once
And never again

I forget
I can control the way that I see
The event
Forgive me to forget

I recall
The way the words would stay in my mouth
No chance for a true word
To come out

I wish I could freeze you
Thaw you
Steel you from terror
Hide you, tell you
It’s all a lie

I wish I could help you
Save you
Keep you in sunshine
It’s someone’s job
But it’s not mine

It’s not mine
It’s not mine
It’s not mine to do
It’s not mine
It’s not mine
It’s not mine to do

I know in a decade
I won’t have existed
You might have a memory
But maybe it’s twisted

I sat in the front
Or was it the back
I sang you a song
It slipped through the cracks

We counted to ten
We did it again
We counted to ten
We did it again

And now you are crying
Gasping for air
Choking on something
But nothing is there

I had a reaction
But I was just scared
I thought of your sister
With clips in her hair

I thought of your parents
Looking to me
We’re all here to help you
We’re all on your team

And I forget
I can control the way that I see
The event
Forgive me to forget

I recall the way
The words would stay in my mouth
No chance for a true word
To come out

I wish I could freeze you
Thaw you
Steel you from terror
Hide you, tell you
It’s all a lie

I wish I could help you
Save you
Keep you in sunshine
It’s someone’s job
But it’s not mine

It’s not mine
It’s not mine
It’s not mine to do
It’s not mine
It’s not mine
It’s not mine to do

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from You Can Do It All, released May 5, 2023

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Jen
Gaelen
Matt
Tessa
Tommy

Pic by Abram Huezo

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6/27 at Beat Kitchen
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