Technical Perfection
By Minnamari on July 6, 2024 9:39 pm
A one-take of me + my ukulele contemplating my relationship with technical perfection.
Some slams in the background courtesy of our upstairs neighbors who seem to love moving (or throwing?) furniture around every night, but let's say that only adds to the ambiance of the home recording.
Lyrics:
Technical Perfection
stares me in the face
Technical Perfection
won't avert its gaze
And I... I just want to be free
to express as me
But what does it even mean
to be free
to be me
to express as me
authentically?
Technical Perfection
always just out of my reach
Technical Perfection
Seems to really love to preach
or just teach
But why... does it need me
to believe it's real
if it's actually real?
And why... Does it need me to feel
that I need to be what it wants me to be?
Technical Perfection
wants to put me in my place
Because Technical Perfection
doesn't actually have a face
It's that thing... We reach for
with our minds
telling us that we're blind
or just behind
while it's Technical Perfection
that doesn't have a third eye
And it can't smile
or cry
Technical Perfection
is not for me to attain
Technical Perfection
doesn't see the beauty of tears or rain
or pain
Technical Perfection
you lonely, fragile thing
Technical Perfection
your heart seems to be missing
But I... I can give you mine
and together we can cry
about all the times
when our hearts were taken apart
trying to fix
what doesn't need fixing
Everything is not meant to be
Technical Perfection
at least not me
when I try
to be free
to express imperfectly
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