Lyrics: LifeTells
Music: LifeTells
One. Two. Three. Four.
They asked me why I quit my job
Why I moved to a city where I know no one
Why I cut my hair and changed my name
Why I stopped posting pictures of my life
I used to have answers
I used to rehearse them in the shower
I used to build PowerPoint presentations
For people who were never going to understand
Then I realized
Explaining yourself to someone
Who already made up their mind
Is like handing them the rope
And asking them to tie it
A little tighter
It only has to make sense to me
It only has to make sense to me
I do not feel like explaining it
To anyone else
To anyone else
My mother asks why I am not married
My father asks when I will get a real job
My friends ask if I am okay
Like different is a symptom
I bought 365 buttons
One for every day of the year
Not to sew them on anything
Just to carry them
Just to remind myself
That I owe the world my kindness
But I do not owe the world my reasons
It only has to make sense to me
It only has to make sense to me
I do not feel like explaining it
To anyone else
To anyone else
One button for January
One for the job I walked away from
One for February
One for the name I chose myself
One for March
One for every time I said no
One for April
One for every time they wanted an explanation
I did not give one
I did not give one
I did not give one
It only has to make sense to me
It only has to make sense to me
I do not feel like explaining it
To anyone else
Three hundred and sixty-five buttons.
Three hundred and sixty-five days.
I do not owe anyone.