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Tired

from Fight Left In Me by Emma Cook

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Where some songs take a lot of thought and work, Tired sprung out of my subconscious on a silver platter and continues to be one of my favourite songs on the album. It tells the story of a woman who has been completely unseen and unappreciated by her partner for many years. In my imagination, she believes in her own worth and finds the strength to leave, but in reality, I’m not sure she ever will.

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Kept out of sight and out of mind
You were the photograph I couldn’t find
Just up ahead around the bend
I couldn’t catch you even if I tried

Like a ghost in the halls
You came and were gone
Yeah you haunted me, you haunted me
I was always surrounded
By the girl I thought
I ought to be, I ought to be

But I got tired of living under your invisible thumb
And I got tired of always being wrong
And I got tired of being dutifully beautiful
And I got tired of the shape of it all

In empty rooms, I reached for you
But I was the crack that you were falling through
I might as well have slept on the couch
It’s not as if you ever knew

In the still of the night
When I close my eyes
Awake at last, awake at last
You broke all the parts of me
That make the whole
You set a trap, you set a trap

But I got tired of living under your invisible thumb
And I got tired of always being wrong
Yeah, I got tired of being dutifully beautiful
And I got tired of the shape of it all

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from Fight Left In Me, track released September 22, 2021

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Emma Cook Huntsville, Ontario

Produced by
Andrew Rasmussen
(touring keyboardist for the likes of
Carly Rae Jepsen, Wake Owl, Twin Bandit, Hannah Georgas, Hey Ocean)
Emma's new album
takes a deep dive into the nooks &
crannies, and under the radar experiences of (mostly) women who are in the time of their life when their own personal identity is often tangled up with those around them. ... more

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