Walk Away

from Songs from the Reading Room by Arun O'Connor

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Sit and stare
All you want to, I’m not going nowhere
Nowhere to run to anymore
You’ve locked the door

I’m so alone
No one to talk to in my own damn home
How did I let it get this far
I should be miles away, from anywhere you are

So I’ll smile, I’ll grin and bear it
You wouldn’t wanna hear it anyway
And someday I’ll pack my bags
Turn around and you can watch me walk away

You know how it feels
To be left standing in the cold
And it’ll be too late to catch me
So you can watch me walk away

The pictures on the walls tell the stories
Of better times that never were
What could have been those happy memories
Well they just hurt

I should run, get far away
Start a new life on my own
It’ll be hard, it’ll be rough
Will I be strong enough
To make it on my own

So I’ll smile, I’ll grin and bear it
You wouldn’t wanna hear it anyway
And someday I’ll pack my bags
Turn around and you can watch me walk away

You know how it feels
To be left standing in the cold
And it’ll be too late to catch me
So you can watch me walk away

Theres a place I'll go where you won’t find me
Were all the things you’ve said I’ll put behind me
Until then

I’ll smile, I’ll grin and bear it
You wouldn’t wanna hear it, anyway
And someday I’ll pack my bags
Turn around and you can watch me walk away

You know how it feels
To be left standing in the cold
And it’ll be too late to catch me
So you can watch me walk away

And it'll be too late to catch me
So you can watch me walk away

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from Songs from the Reading Room, released April 22, 2022

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