The Means

from Hope and Despair by Jake Gerard

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This is a small town. (Don’t cry with the lights on.)
She’s hidden in postcards; she won’t show her face again.
(You know what I can see right through you.)
Follow the street signs. (Yeah, that was a good one.)
We speak the same language we don’t understand a thing.
(Confusing love for latent friendship)
We’re both so scared.

You can go ahead and save yourself; I’m just fine.
And if the work is worth your heart, you’ll still be mine.
It never matters what we tell ourselves. We still fall.
And in the end the means won’t mean that much at all.

Turn all the lights down. (This one’s been directed.)
A scene from a movie for everything but the end.
(‘Cause all her moves they seem so scripted.)
I think we both know. (Don’t cope with the anguish.)
The wrong words could kill this; I’m trying to make it mend.
(Do we believe in second chances?)
Are you still scared?

You can go ahead and save yourself; I’m just fine.
And if the work is worth your heart, you’ll still be mine.
It never matters what we tell ourselves. We still fall.
And in the end the means won’t mean that much at all.

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from Hope and Despair, released December 7, 2012

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Jake Gerard is a singer/songwriter based out of Boston, MA.

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