Panic Alterations

from Growing Up by The Real Michael Lee

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I know a lot of people and they change their clothes every day
You know that it's quite common and normal in just every way
But no one said you're normal I certainly didn't say
You're really a whole new breed

You pick the latest fashion and turn it on its head
When someone even looks at you funny
Your personality drops like it's made out of lead
And you pick a new one up in a hurry

It's so hard to pin you down and you don't cut me any slack
If you were younger I'd say it's only a phase
But the orbit of your moon is way out of whack
It's giving me tidal waves

I gotta wear kid gloves to even attempt to try and handle you
I got the scars to show your words have bite
And to think you want someone to share everything you do
It won't happen try as hard as you might

Your panic alterations are killing me
Killing me killing me
Day in and out I hope for some progression
You'd think I'd learn my lesson
You were happy when I knew you long ago
Long ago long ago
Maybe one day we will see you again
I'll stick around until then

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from Growing Up, released October 28, 2022

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The Real Michael Lee Des Moines, Iowa

Hailing from the creamy center of the United States (AKA Iowa), The Real Michael Lee writes songs with a largely genre-agnostic approach that jumps from fingerpicking folk to garage rock to a type of electronic dance sound.

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