Divorce

by Francis Baptiste

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Divorce 03:45
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Time is the enemy. We're fighting constantly. And I don't think I'm ever gonna win. Life is a mystery. It baffles me every day. And I know that I can never win. But I feel it now, more than I ever did. I don't think that this is ever gonna end. When my head is spinning it's just the beginning. Feels like this fog is never gonna lift. When the person who knows you better than anyone in the world tells you you're not worth sticking around for anymore, how do you get yourself through the days? I don't know. I wish I did. Pushing through busy streets I'm walking aimlessly. I can't think of anywhere I want to be. The sun shines on endlessly. These long nights pass sleeplessly. I'm just looking for a place to have a drink. I feel now. I feel it always. I'm gonna have to take it with me.

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Wrote this song shortly after separating with my ex-wife. It was a really dark time for me, where I spent a lot of nights feeling sorry for myself, drinking too much, getting into all sorts of trouble. I never really wanted to be home, because there were too many memories there, so I spent a lot of time just out on the street, distancing myself from friends and sitting in pubs. I've cleaned up since then, thank goodness. This cover image was from the last time I got rip-roaring drunk. It's certainly not a glamorous life.

Time is the enemy.
We're fighting constantly.
And I don't think I'm ever gonna win.
Life is a mystery.
It baffles me every day.
And I know that I can never win.
But I feel it now, more than I ever did.
I don't think that this is ever gonna end.
When my head is spinning
it's just the beginning.
Feels like this fog is never gonna lift.

When the person who knows you better than anyone in the world
tells you you're not worth sticking around for anymore,
how do you get yourself through the days?
I don't know. I wish I did.

Pushing through busy streets I'm
walking aimlessly. I can't think of anywhere
I want to be.
The sun shines on endlessly.
These long nights pass sleeplessly.
I'm just looking for a place to have a drink.

I feel it now. I feel it always.
I'm gonna have to take it with me.

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released December 5, 2019

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Francis Baptiste Vancouver, British Columbia

Francis Baptiste is an Indigenous singer/songwriter. He is also a music journalist.

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