THIS COMPASSION - Jake Gallaway (Official Audio) Visualizer

Описание: "My compassion's less about you—it's about installing a version of you I can forgive, a story I can tell where you've got reasons for the things you do."
They say compassion is altruistic, selfless, pure. But mine's unconditional, which means I project my better parts on you and persist. I see good that isn't actually there. I make excuses for the inexcusable, justify what can't be justified. I hold space for your humanity while you crush mine beneath. I've got compassion for the whole world—even those who crossed the line.

"This Compassion" is about the shadow side of virtue, the way seeing good in everyone can become self-destruction, and the exhaustion of waiting for someone to extend the same grace you give freely.

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LYRICS:
[Intro]
They say compassion is a virtue
[Verse 1]
They say compassion is altruistic / selfless / pure
But mine's unconditional / which means it's just a cure
For seeing what I need to see / the good that might not exist
I project my better parts on you / and then I just persist
I understand you 'cause I see / the parts of me you hold
The good in you should balance out / the bad that leaves me cold
But sometimes what I'm seeing / isn't actually there at all
My compassion's less about you / more about how I install
[Verse 2]
A version of you I can forgive / a story I can tell
Where you've got reasons for the things you do / where this makes sense as well
So I do nothing / say nothing / keep my mouth shut tight
I try to justify / find a reason / even when there's none in sight
You keep taking punches at me / beating me down to size
I should hate you / you deserve it / what you do I can't disguise
The things you do border on inhumane / cross every single line
But my compassion steps right in / says "they've got reasons / give them time"
[Prechorus]
It tells me I'm just a bump in your road
It tells me it's not about me
So I keep taking / keep excusing
While you take everything
[Chorus]
I hold a world's worth of compassion
For everyone but myself
I see the good that isn't there
While you put me through hell
I make excuses for the inexcusable
Justify what can't be justified
I've got compassion for the whole fucking world
But who has any for mine?
[Verse 3]
You tell me that I'm sensitive / that I'm making this too much
But sensitivity's just the word you use / when you don't want to adjust
I see your childhood wounds / your trauma / all the ways you've been betrayed
So I let you do it back to me / like that's somehow getting paid
I'm holding space for your humanity / while you're crushing mine beneath
I'm finding reasons you don't offer / I'm the one who takes the heat
You don't apologize / don't acknowledge / don't even see what's done
'Cause my compassion filled the gap / before you even needed one
[Prechorus]
And I know this is destroying me
I know I should let go
But if I stop having compassion
Who the hell am I, though?
[Chorus]
I hold a world's worth of compassion
For everyone but myself
I see the good that isn't there
While you put me through hell
I make excuses for the inexcusable
Justify what can't be justified
I've got compassion for the whole fucking world
But who has any for mine?
[Bridge]
Maybe compassion isn't virtue
When it's used to self-destruct
Maybe seeing good in everyone
Just means I'm fucked
Maybe I deserve the same compassion / that I'm handing out for free
Maybe I should stop excusing / everyone who's hurting me
[Chorus]
I held a world's worth of compassion
Gave it all away for years
Made excuses for the inexcusable
While drowning in my tears
I've got compassion for the whole fucking world
Even those who crossed the line
But I'm done waiting for somebody else
To have some for mine
[Outro]
To have some for mine...
Some for mine...


CREDITS:
Written & Performed by: Jake Gallaway
Produced by: DJCLAWED
Genre: UK Grime / Orchestral / Narrative

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