Perfect

3 weeks ago by @carleybaer

Perfect

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Liner Notes

#fuc #acoustic-one-take

During my 14-song feast yesterday, I started picking from the Bad Song Club prompt box and got this one: "Perfect is the enemy." A single acoustic take seemed like the correct treatment.

Lyrics

It may not be perfect
Rough around the edges
Doesn’t merit mention
Don’t give it attention
Perfect
Is an illusion
Aim for it and lose
And end up in confusion
Perfect
Is unattainable
Always untenable and
Unsustainable
Perfect
Thinks that you should
But it’s ok to settle for “good”

Perfect
An overbearing father
Says if it’s not good enough
Then why bother
It’s perfect
A rosy ideal
A beautiful feeling but it isn’t real
Don’t let it convince you you’re short of the mark
Don’t let it pour water on your little spark
You’re the only thing left that can light up the dark

It may not be perfect
That’s what they say
But some people lace gold
In the cracks of the clay
Everyone’s got their thing
But at the end of the day
It’s all imperfection anyway
It'll never be perfect

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