Jade

from Music Monster by Whitherward

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I have a string of pearls
To wear around my neck
Each bead is a memory
That's choking me instead
Three years of the madness
And I'm who I never thought I'd be
Bitter, and weathered, and water colored like the sea

I'm not jealous
I'm not green
I'm not envious
I'm not always mean
After all, I have changed
Into a different shade
From all the jems and mistakes I've made
Now I see in jade

I've wrapped up all my dreams
To keep safe through the moves
To place on dusty shelves
And lose in cushion grooves
Every night I look back
I shatter all that I did wrong
And settle in the misfits this is where I belong

I'm not jealous
I'm not green
I'm not envious
I'm not always mean
After all, I have changed
Into a different shade
From all the jems and mistakes I've made
Now I see in jade

No matter how my teachers tried
I couldn't stay between the lines
No matter how much I have left
I couldn't wear the wedding dress
No matter that I couldn't float
I couldn't stay inside the boat
No matter that I saw my fate
I couldn't stop, now it's too late

I'm not jealous
I'm not green
I'm not envious
I'm not always mean
After all, I have changed
Into a different shade
From all the jems and mistakes I've made
Now I see
Now I see
Now I see
Finally see
Now I see in jade

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from Music Monster, released March 9, 2015

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