[Verse 1]
Do you think you could free me from the man I've been?
Do you see me now, do you see me then?
Could you clear my cache momentarily?
For just one sec, free me from me
[Verse 2]
Free me from your limiting ideas of me
Free me from the version you prefer I’d be
When you grew tall and I fell short
Drop injunctions and clear the court
Forgive the debt that I've accrued
For just one sec, free me from you
[Verse 3]
I free you from the person I was sure I knew
I free you from a reputation you outgrew
I free you from behavior I еxpect to see
And my interpretation of history
'Causе I boxed you in unconsciously
And I saw you as I thought you ought to be
But by loving you imperfectly
For just one sec, I free you from me
Just One Sec was written by Michael Lerner & Peter Silberman.
Just One Sec was produced by Peter Silberman.
The Antlers released Just One Sec on Wed Feb 17 2021.
Peter Silberman:
This song’s about the difficulty of escaping your reputation with someone you’ve closely known for a long time. The sentiment of “Just One Sec” is an experiment with temporarily dropping the story between the two of you, offering and receiving momentary forgiveness, and experiencin...