a Letter - La Dispute

Everybody wants a reason for everything

It’s so much easier with someone or something to blame

I’ve always struggled at the root of the problem

Has it been absence or my constant lack of defense?

I’ve never spent a lot on finding a remedy

I guess I figured that it hurt for a reason

I guess that’s why I’ve always turned to writing it down

Not just in stories, but the letters in between

And I guess that’s why it haunts the pages of everything-

To self-examine

I think the thing is that I shut off from everything

From friends and family and my own ambitions

From having fun

I just shut off from everything

Self-defeating?

Yeah, probably

But I don’t know that I had total control over it

And I’m not sure it even matters why

Sometimes things happen and you can’t do anything

Plus, I’m the only one who deals with it anyway

So if everyone could do me a favor and

Just put their fingers down

I’d-and keep your mouths-

Sorry.

I know I seem angry

I’m not, I… I promise.

I just know I did this to me

And I will deal with it accordingly

And I don’t need opinions from those never a part of it

Don’t need them pointing out my problems, they’re mine

Don’t need reminders, I know better than anyone

And yeah, I know, I should be finding another way

I know that I should be out seeking a substitute

But just forgetting never really made sense to me

So I haven’t been

Do I feel embarrassed about it?

I think you know the answer to that

I think you’d probably feel a little bit embarrassed for me

Wouldn’t you?

I know I should’ve moved on ages ago, been happy already

But it’s never been that easy for me

Or maybe it was me that made it so hard

I know I’ve only ever tried a handful of times

To sever this thing torturing me

It never got me anywhere, with anyone

No friendship or hobby, no lover’s bed worked

But looking back I maybe never tried hard enough

And it is my fault

Maybe I never tried at all