“Avoiding the Issue” is about:
Emotional avoidance (not confronting past trauma or inner conflict)
Isolation and regret (pushing away help, then missing it)
Internalized pain (fighting battles alone, pretending not to care)
Frustration (from both the person and the people around them)
A cry for chan...
So wherever your thoughts go
In a moment of collapse is what your heart knows
Speaks direct and stern, It shows
And your water is shallow
Don't make any sudden movements, fear the unknown
Never sink or swim, barely try to float
Clock says times up
You reset it
Never face your
Deepest regrets
Push everyone out, then wonder where we all went
Owe it to yourself to try, but for so long you've been spent
Are you avoiding the issue?
Are you avoiding the issue?
Fight your demons alone, about 100 to one
Remove the hand from your shoulder, wish you still had someone
Are you avoiding the issue?
Are you avoiding the issue?
Set in stone is an excuse
Never try at all and claim that you always lose
What a dumb cop out to choose
Feeling easy in recluse
But I'm hanging on the window
That you left open when you closed the door
(I'm so sick of always wondering if you're alright)
Sick of wondering if you're alright
Push everyone out, then wonder where they all went
Owe it to yourself to try, but for so long you've been spent
Are you avoiding the issue?
Are you avoiding the issue?
Fight your demons alone, about 100 to one
Remove the hand from your shoulder, wish you still had someone
Are you avoiding the issue?
Are you avoiding the issue?
Are you avoiding the issue?
Are you avoiding the issue?
Are you avoiding the issue? (Are you avoiding the issue?)
Are you avoiding the issue? (Are you avoiding the issue?)
Are you avoiding the issue? (Are you avoiding the issue?)
You're not gonna fight this, are you?
Fuck!
(Are you avoiding the issue?)
(Are you avoiding the issue?)
(Are you avoiding the issue?)
Avoiding the Issue was written by Matthew Tad Graham.
Mattstagraham released Avoiding the Issue on Fri Apr 29 2022.