For the Ride

from Better Than That by Patrice Taddonio

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You weren’t afraid of anything
I thought that it might be your downfall
You seemed wild, you seemed free
But it turns out that you weren’t at all

You told me you had grown up fast
You said you left that town you came from
You said there was no looking back
At the ones you got your name from

And let's pretend you never lied
And I was not there to be borrowed.
You were just in it for the ride
I was just in it for the sorrow.

Well, now there's little I can say, babe
There's almost nothing on my mind
That thing we were went on its way, babe
Now it's impossible to find.

Let's not pretend that this was love, babe
Let's not pretend it was just weakness.
Yeah, it was something in-between,
Some sort of raging at the bleakness

Some sort of quiet in the night
Something almost like a promise
But neither one of us was right
And neither one of us was honest

And let's pretend you never lied
And I was not there to be borrowed.
You were just in it for the ride
I was just in it for the sorrow.

And now we're on the other side
You are squarely in my rearview
You may be screaming, I don’t know
I hope that someday, someone hears you

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from Better Than That, released December 16, 2016
Music and lyrics by Patrice Taddonio

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Patrice Taddonio Boston, Massachusetts

Patrice Taddonio is a singer-songwriter living in Boston, MA. Her music grapples with the complexities of trying to live a life that's meaningful in a world where immense beauty and tremendous suffering co-exist. With lyrics that probe yearning, hope, love, blame and forgiveness, her songs explore what it means to stay optimistic in the dark. ... more

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