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Genuinely Happy

from Black by The Enigmatic Foe

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Once I turned 25, everything changed...and not for the better. I had to mature and accept more responsibility almost overnight. That was not a fun birthday. Also "Genuinely Happy" incorporates some last remaining thoughts from a relationship that I had ended. It's the companion song to "99%" (another song I wrote about the break up). Did I enjoy being with her? Yes. Was I happy? Not with the balance or myself.

lyrics

As I recall…or some cliche
That’s how it always starts
when you go back again
Or with a drink
Go hand in hand
Or something harder
just to tranquilize the brain

It’s not the same as it should be
It’s not the same

In previous lives, in previous times
The carefree days, no bills to pay
and sans regret
One day of birth, passage of rite
The rules had changed
or seemed like they had overnight

I’m moving on while standing still
Enjoyed the time that you were here
I find it hard, but I never was genuinely happy

credits

from Black, released September 4, 2009
Jared Colinger: vox, guitar
Josh Dooley: guitar, bass
Mike Perez: programming

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The Enigmatic Foe Knoxville, Tennessee

With sharp lyrics, the playful pop bite of the best of the 70s and 80s, and the kind of self-deprecation usually reserved for a Woody Allen movie, Jared Colinger's lyrics run the gamut from the joy of new love to disillusionment with the old, from wanting to like yourself to being afraid of what we have in our minds.

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