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Braced for Impact

from Heavy Heart by Girl Blue

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Every time you drive the car
My body thinks we’re gonna die
I’m sorry, I know it makes you mad
How I’m always braced for impact.

You see, my daddy was a wrestler
You lost his daddy really young
And when we were growing up
He used to get so mad
But I forgive him
Because my brother taught me sympathy
He said ‘he never got to learn, you see’
He said ‘he is just a man braced for impact’.

And I have my mother’s shoulders
And she has shoulders made of stone
From a life spent reacting to the unknown
She’s been quiet, iron-clad
She’s been so long braced for impact.

I have inherited this tension
I keep it between my bones and skin
I’m sorry, sometimes I get to mad
It makes me itch, it makes me moan
It makes me burst to be heard
And to hurt
And at worst
To be left alone.

But then there’s you
And you make me calm
I ride the ocean in your arms.

You take me scared, you take me separate.
You take me home ’til I am mended.
You take it easy, make me laugh.
Make me forget what I have been.
Make me forget what I still am —
Braced for impact.

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from Heavy Heart, released December 15, 2021

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Girl Blue Troy, New York

Girl Blue is the project of solo artist Arielle O’Keefe. Compared often to the likes of Laura Marling, Jeff Buckley, and Alanis Morissette, she is a powerhouse vocalist with the rare ability to write songs that both catch the ear and touch the heart. She plays out regularly around the country and records music in upstate NY with Just Pretend Records. ... more

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