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Must be a pretty picture I paint
It’s hard not to laugh for the shame
Hands bloodied from trying to tear down your walls
Voice hoarse from calling your name

Tonight I think I’ve learned my lesson
Would that it always would be
Unseeing eyes cannot lead the blind
On deaf ears falls no melody
I can’t wake you if you’re just pretending to sleep
Sometimes I try all the same
It’s always a losing game

It’s taken a long while to see
All you are you always must be
I can’t say that it really does much to erase
All the heartache you gave to me

Sometimes I make mountains of molehills
Sometimes I’m full of clichés
Sometimes you’d rather bury your head in the sand
Than hear a word I have to say
I can’t wake you if you’re just pretending to sleep
Sometimes I try all the same
It’s always a losing game

Must be a pretty picture I paint
It’s hard not to laugh for the shame
Hands bloodied for trying to tear down your walls
Voice hoarse from screaming your name
It’s always a losing game
It’s always a losing game

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from Pretending to Sleep, track released October 25, 2019
Written and all instruments/vocals performed by Sarah Elizabeth Haines
Produced and recorded by Kevin Salem

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Sarah Elizabeth Haines New York, New York

Trained as a classical violinist and violist and influenced by a wide range of music such as Tom Waits, Laura Mvula, Laura Marling and My Brightest Diamond

Though currently touring the US with Hamilton, Sarah has been in the NYC scene for years as a member of bands Emanuel and the Fear and Bellehouse
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