Name: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You
Duration: P00H03M49S
Description: This song is about not living up to your full potential & giving into weaknesses despite good people trying to help you. I woke up this morning & the chorus wouldn't leave my head so I headed straight into my makeshift studio to demo it. Could've done with more sleep though!

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You

from Two Sides of the Coin (Demo Collection) by Dave McPherson

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This song is about not living up to your full potential & giving into weaknesses despite good people trying to help you. I woke up this morning & the chorus wouldn't leave my head so I headed straight into my makeshift studio to demo it. Could've done with more sleep though!

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My true potential lies in hibernation.
I tried to shake him up but I just couldn't wake him.
An unquenchable thirst that always comes first.
No chorus, just a verse.

They've been waiting on the runway waving.
My head buried in the clouds.
Are you ready? Ready? Ready? Ready? Ready? Ready to land home safely?

They've been lighting up the lighthouse beacons.
As my heart weakens alone.
Are you ready? Ready? Ready? Ready? Ready? Ready to come home from the storm.

I've grown embittered, like a dog that’s been bitten & bitten & bitten.
I've lost my glitter, my glow has been unwritten.
Good days they go so fast.
Bleak days how they last.
Another empty glass.

And I don't make dreams anymore I just make do.
And I couldn't wait for the day that I make it through.
I gave up again.
Giving up never ends.

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from Two Sides of the Coin (Demo Collection), released March 23, 2015
Written, performed & recorded by Dave McPherson.

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Dave McPherson Brentwood, UK

Music |ˈmyo͞ozik|
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1 the art or science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.

Music is my life. An oft-used cliché yet nonetheless true for me. I've devoted most of my existence to exploring it in every way & in turn it has enabled me to travel the world & meet new friends all over.

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