Houseplants

Nick Torres

(Song 3 this year)

When you’re younger,
you’re everything or so it seems
Then you start becoming a ghost in the years between
People say things about you like
“He was always so nice”
“Such a good guy” , “Such a shame”
or “ he always smiled”
And the world makes you small
Till you’re not there at all
You become one of the houseplants
And you watch yourself go
As the leaves start to fall
does anyone notice me at all?

Ooh
And it hurts
And it’s not
What I thought
… I deserved
And you learn
To love yourself for less than you were worth

Chorus:
And I don’t know
Where it went
When it goes
And I can’t hold
on alone (alone)
And I don’t know
Where it went
When it goes
And I can’t hold on
alone (Alone)

People tell you to love yourself
And it’s great advice
Then they do what they do
And you wonder if they think twice
And the world makes you small
Till you’re not there at all
You become one of the houseplants
And you watch yourself go
As the leaves start to fall
does anyone notice me at all?

Ooh
And it hurts
And it’s not
What I thought
…I deserved
And you learn
To love yourself for less than you are worth

Chorus:
And I don’t know
Where it went
When it goes
And I can’t hold
on alone (alone)
And I don’t know
Where it went
When it goes
And I can’t hold on
Alone (Alone)