Today I’m just chilling
I’m just taking things easy
Doting on a life more fulfilling
Willing some of my demons leave me.

Got The War On Drugs
Playing peace in the back
One of the few wars for good
The band that is now, not the act.

And I start thinking and feeling
Like I’ve been through the wars myself
Then I start thinking and feeling
Maybe our greatest war is with our self.

And I don’t know about you
There’s parts I’m only learning about me
But sometimes the things I do
Seem in conflict with what I really wish see or be.

Sometimes we make enemies of ourselves
For reasons I don’t know
Sometimes we’re scared to ask for help
To let our needs show.

For when we expose our needs
We risk not having them met
Allow our vulnerability to breathe
And at times for any of us, that can feel like death.

But in reality it’s more often the opposite
Can be the very thing that makes us come alive
And maybe we’ve been living a kind of death
That for a time maybe even helped us survive.

It can be hard to let down your guard
When it’s been up for so long
Some risks can seem so hard
But without risk our death is long.

And I don’t know about you
There’s parts I’m only learning about me
But sometimes it feels the things that got me through
Are preventing me from being what I really want to be.

Change don’t come at once
No, change comes over time
But maybe it’s when that change is done
Our mind can change more readily define.

And I don’t know about you
There’s parts I’m only learning about me
I’m just listening to The War On Drugs
Thinking how wasteful our wars can be.

© Daniel Breslin