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When I Can't Say "I Love You"

from The Emotions Song by John Bellows

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lyrics

When I can't say that "I love you" I forget everything I'd ever learned
Only to painfully bore you just for fear of speaking out of turn
But saving face just ignores you and aggravates the mastermind
Drains out all the sweetness from what it undermines

When I can't say that "I love you" it's like turning the other cheek
To avoid a head-on collision while screaming helpless in the back seat
Snapping till picture perfect you avert your gaze to what gives you relief
Whatever picks you back up and sweeps you off your feet

When I can't say that "I love you" I've let myself become hypnotized
By the ring of the vultures' permeating stare out of their beady eyes
Truth seeker, true believer, but always spiraling out of control
No natural ability just to let it go

When I can't say that "I love you" is when I'm prickly to the touch
to tap the vein of your virtue with a desperation that's just all too much
The dirty inside projections that play like it's normal day to day
If I could just say that I loved you then they would go away

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from The Emotions Song, released December 1, 2023
Glenn Hendrick - vocals and flute

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John Bellows is a singer songwriter and home recorder from small town Kentucky, schooled in Chicago, and now back to the land in rural Washington.

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