Meant to Be

by Norman Lake

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Daily offerings
cigarettes and mornings coughing
Caffeine, cold body

Am I just a haunting
Gaunt and hollow reflection wanting
Cast blame, retreat, into nothing

This is not who I’m meant to be
This is not who I’m meant to be
This is not who I’m meant to be
Oh God, this is not who I’m meant to be

Stoned in the evenings
Disposition slowly creeping
Away from me

Tell me I’m healing
Rising tides drag me to the ceiling
Breathe in, push out
The feeling

That I don’t love me
So Nobody else can
Its the lie within me
Its the contradiction

This is not who I’m meant to be
This is not who I’m meant to be
This is not who I’m meant to be
Oh God, this is not who I’m meant to be

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released November 20, 2021
Written and performed by Norman Lake

Drums by Daniel Bermudez
Bass by Sammy Hinrichsen
Cello by Erik Chapmen

Recorded at Structurally Sound Studios
Mixed by Sammy Hinrichsen
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova

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Norman Lake Ventura, California

Norman Lake is a project by singer songwriter Joey MacMahan. Based in Los Angeles California.

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