Fix Myself (Acoustic)

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hi everyone, i've been back home from berlin, and i've decided as a little treat to release an acoustic version of "fix myself," the opening track of the wounds EP.

things are really tumultuous and scary right now, and ever since coming home, trying to find some normalcy in all the changes and breaking news has been difficult. my co-producer on wounds and big brother dylan at hello recording suggested i put out this version of "fix myself" we've had tucked away since the EP release, and i'll be honest, i was reluctant. i was fresh from having to come home earlier than expected and put straight into a quarantine period. it took me some time to finally sit down, listen, and feel ready to send it off, but i'm ready now.

this song is a reminder, a call to action, a wade through the hurt, an ending, and a beginning. i hope it can offer you some solace during this pandemic.

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lyrics

I've carried myself for most of my life
I've made mistakes, and for those, I have cried
I was once somebody they could recognize
I tore myself open, and they all closed their eyes

But I'm finally learning how to pull myself back together
All the pressure was no good for me
And while everybody else keeps trying to fix each other
I'm walking away, I will fix myself

It's not in my head, the moments I bled
Out from the under the dark when they carved up my heart

But I'm finally learning how to pull myself back together
Cause forever is no good for me
And while everybody else sees that we can't fix each other
I'm walking away, I will fix myself

I know what I'm worth outside of their world
I will fix myself
My skin is my own from the wounds that I've grown
I will fix myself
I'm not what you want, but I'm all I've got
I will fix myself
I'll pay the costs for all that I've lost
I will fix myself

For all that it's worth, I'm thankful it hurts
The pain that I feel, at least I know that it's real
I look at myself, at nobody else
I empty my lungs, and still I am enough
I am enough

credits

released March 27, 2020
Written by Janel Schroth
Produced by Dylan Schroth & Janel Schroth at Hello Recording
Cover Art by Eric Lahti

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Holyveins Jersey City, New Jersey

2016-2020

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Fix Myself (Acoustic)

Mar 2020
Wounds

Jan 2020
Golden

May 2019

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