This is how I keep you with me - Jake Gallaway (Lyric Video)

Описание: "I'm so used to having to protect myself that I forgot to protect you too."

What do you do when you can't move on from someone? Not because they hurt you, but because you hurt them? And why? Because life taught us to protect ourselves first.

'This Is How I Keep You With Me' is about living with the guilt of the person you destroyed a relationship with, preserved perfectly in your mind, while everyone else falls short of a ghost.

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LYRICS:
[Intro]
I still think about you, from time to time.
It's all so distant now.
[Verse 1]
It's funny how I keep a snapshot of you alive, inside me.
So well preserved, the good and the bad parts.
I suppose having any part of you with me keeps me going.
When did you become what I need every other man to be?
And why do they keep falling short?
You're so special, you're the one.
Well? Maybe you were.
[Pre-Chorus]
And the truth that makes this so hard to live with—
You did nothing wrong.
I fucked up.
I broke your trust.
[Chorus]
I'm so used to having to protect myself
that I forgot to protect you too.
It's not an excuse.
It's just what happened.
It's just what happened.
[Verse 2]
And the cruel irony is that trying not to think about you,
puts you in my mind, in my dreams.
I can't get rid of you.
So I force myself to list your flaws,
to find a reason to hate you,
which just keeps rebuilding you in my mind, over and over,
and it makes me miss you more.
Your flaws are what I loved most about you.
Your imperfections painted a portrait
that I could never get tired of seeing.
[Pre-Chorus]
And the truth that makes this so hard to live with—
You did nothing wrong.
I fucked up.
I broke your trust.
[Chorus]
I'm so used to having to protect myself
(protect myself)
that I forgot to protect you too.
(forget to protect you)
It's not an excuse.
It's just what happened.
It's just what happened.
[Bridge]
Are you still that person?
Probably not.
Am I still that person?
I don't think so.
Sometimes I am, sometimes I'm someone else.
That's the trick in life,
we change but somehow stay the same.
[Chorus]
I'm so used to having to protect myself
(always protecting)
that I forgot to protect you too.
It's not an excuse.
It's just what happened.
It's just what happened.
Why did it happen.
[Outro]
I still think about you, from time to time.
It's all so distant now.
So well preserved, the good and the bad parts.
I suppose having any part of you with me
keeps me going.

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

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