I'm a Story

from Delayed Pursuit by Jessi Robertson

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You see me as a picture frame, hung slightly askew.
You see me as a little damaged, a lost soul to rescue.
A new coat of varnish, add a little glue.
You’d like to replace me with something more subdued.

I don’t need you to fix me. I don’t need you to make me better.
There's nothing wrong with me. I'm a story, you can't read the letters.
I don't need you to make me better. I don't need you to fix me.
These flaws are my badges of honor, I wear them proudly.

You see me as a windowpane just starting to crack.
The next snowstorm, the next hard rain, might leave me on my back.
You and only you can handle such delicate repair.
You’d replace my sharp edges, leave me clean and square.

I don’t need you to fix me. I don’t need you to make me better.
There's nothing wrong with me. I'm a story, you can't read the letters.
I don't need you to make me better. I don't need you to fix me.
These flaws are my badges of honor, I wear them proudly.

Take your toolbox home. Take your sandpaper and go.
I’m sure someone will appreciate your appraiser’s eye
but I want to shape myself, critics need not apply.

I don’t need you to fix me. I don’t need you to make me better.
There's nothing wrong with me. I'm a story, you can't read the letters.
I don't need you to make me better. I don't need you to fix me.
These flaws are my badges of honor, I wear them proudly.

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from Delayed Pursuit, released March 26, 2021

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Jessi Robertson Nashville, Tennessee

Jessi Robertson is a Nashville-based singer/songwriter whose work navigates the boundaries between reality and imagination, and lays bare her own emotional truths.

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