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Better than you are

from Fear of Swimming by Kirsten Opstad

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lyrics

Imagine you’re an inventor
Build machines to fulfill all our needs so we
Don’t have to bother with breathing or eating
Or saying things we mean

Learn things without reading
Make friends without saying our names
We could call each other by number, I wonder
Would counting feel the same?

Say it once, it’s real
Granite slabs and steel
Assemble how you feel
And watch it fall

Imagine you’re hotel room
With thick covers and mints
Strangers sleep inside you and tear through
Leave everything a mess

They check out in a hurry
Slip the key in the sleeve
Housekeeping comes at two, made brand new
Every time they leave

Say it once, it’s real
Restock what they steal
Compose the way you feel
And watch them go

And I learned early on that it’s better to let on
That you’re better than you are
Yeah, I learned early on that it’s better to let on
That you’re better than you are

Imagine that you’re a father
Not the one that you had, but
One that eats at the table, who’s stable
And never gets mad

Try to shelter your children
From the world of men
Teach your daughters ‘bout numbers and letters
And counting to ten

Teach them once, it’s real
Make that skin like steel
Temper how you feel
And watch them grow

Cause I learned early on that it’s better to let on
That you’re better than you are
Yeah, I learned early on that it’s better to let on
That you’re better than you are
I learned early on
I learned early on
I learned early on
Yeah, I learned early on that it’s better to let on
That you’re better than you are

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from Fear of Swimming, released January 10, 2012
Kirsten Opstad (guitar & vocals)
Jon Crawford (percussion)

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Kirsten Opstad Los Angeles, California

Kirsten Opstad is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter.

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