Say Yes

Here is my first performance video in a while. I might otherwise be dissatisfied with my vocal performance, except that the original artist was not known for having a strong voice. It seems to work in this context. Elliot Smith has a fragile and very high tenor, which is barely in my range.

Otherwise, I wish I could say that I do not relate to the fears of abandonment and low self-esteem present here. But I do. At least they are not as pronounced as they used to be.



I'm in love with the world
through the eyes of a girl
who's still around the morning after

We broke up a month ago
and I grew up I didn't know
I'd be around the morning after

It's always been wait and see
a happy day and then you pay
and feel like shit the morning after

but now I feel changed around and
instead falling down
I'm standing up the morning after

situations get fucked up and
turned around sooner or later
and I could be another fool
or an exception to the rule

You tell me the morning after

Crooked spin can't come to rest
I'm damaged bad at best

She'll decide what she wants
I'll probably be the last to know
no one says until it shows

and you see how it is
You tell me the morning after

they want you or they don't
say yes

I'm in love with the world
through the eyes of a girl

who's still around the morning after