"Yourself Instead" genre: Acoustic
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	CD: Acoushtik EP Credits: Music, Jeremy Gimbel, Lyrics, Dusty
	Story Behind the Song So I was at Mechina 2002 and I was hangin out with this girl Dusty from Seattle. We were getting to know eachother and she mentioned that she wrote song lyrics, but wasn't good at writing music. I said, "that's funny, because I write music, but I'm not very good at writing lyrics." She sent me lyrics when we got back to our home towns, and I just played. Out of completely nowhere, the song spurted out and I quickly recorded it so I would have it to play for her. I don't know if the song is written for anyone specific, or if anyone is specifically addressed in the song. I think it's meant to just be advise to the listener. Sometimes, it's just better to trust yourself instead. Lyrics She's the type who'll look at you once in a minute take your heart and never return it she's the one with green eyes and the smile you'll feel alive, at least for a while but the problem with girls like her is this she finds things that are easy to part with don't tell yourself you'll make her change she'll find some pretty thing, your height, your age and you'll join the recovering addicts just another flavor she tried and dismissed believe in actions, words mean lies careless phrases when all you need are my eyes you know who's real, who's playing with your head stop living with your brain, and trust yourself instead he always tried to play it off to be the man to be enough but then he was played by the wrong toy he was a naughty little boy and that girl who dismissed with the flip of her hand fliped him off her finger like a grain of sand he didn't follow, didn't try to pursue just told the story to someone who knew when you lose control over your mind and follow your heart, you can't try to rewind believe in actions, words mean lies careless phrases when all you need are my eyes you know who's real, who's playing with your head stop living with your brain, and trust yourself instead if i told you the moonlight reflects in your eyes how your hair shimmers silver in the light of sunrise if i hold your hand and help you see what you mean to the world and to me would you understand the truths of my hands but understand that i make no demands a man once said after he lost his girl her actions defined her, she never said a word but i want my actions to say to you that this is love and i'm here for you believe in actions, words mean lies careless phrases when all you need are my eyes you know who's real, who's playing with your head stop living with your brain, and trust yourself instead

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