From the Album: Debris (SBS Records)

Sunburn

Michelle Malone (Strange Bird Songs/ASCAP)

Do you feel like no one else will ever love you again

And you think you’ll be alone forever

And you tried your best for years but you just couldn’t make it work

Now you feel just like a great big failure

So you took a chance It didn’t turn out like you planned When you’re walking in the sunshine You might get sunburned - Sunburn, Sunburn Do you feel like you’ve given everything you had to give

Just like that you’re world has lost it’s brilliance

Your bubble wasn’t burst, no, it just drifted away from view

And slowly you lost all your resilience

So you took a chance It didn’t turn out like you planned When you’re walking in the sunshine You might get sunburned - Sunburn, Sunburn There’s a bowling ball inside your throat

That weights all your words down

It feels like you’re all alone

The only person left here in this town

People talk and judge behind your back as if you’re made of stone

It’s not like you’re not hurting

It’s temporary, everything, your pain and dreams and plans

There’s no tourniquet to stop the changes - Sunburn, Sunburn