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If my life was a novel
what cliched role would I play?
A sensitive young poet
sitting in a loud cafe?

Or would I be the singer
singing silly saddened songs?
Too personal for meaning
or for you to sing along


But life isn’t a novel
or a movie or a play
it’s a tenuous and fragile thing
that’s destined to decay
I think I’d like to escape
become fiction for a day
but the cold weight of reality
it never goes away

If my life was a movie
what tired role would I play?
The kid in a new city
desperate to make their way?

Or would I be the pessimist
the one who always doubts?
Who knows better than anyone
There isn’t a way out

But life isn’t a movie
or a novel or a play
it’s a tenuous and fragile thing
that’s destined to decay
I think I’d like to escape
become fiction for a day
but the cold weight of reality
it never goes away

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from Live at the Blue House, released July 12, 2015
Written by Izzy Unger-Weiss
Izzy Unger-Weiss: Guitar and Vocals

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Izzy and the Chimera Portland, Oregon

DIY folk-pop made by a disabled Jewish nonbinary trans girl in Portland, Oregon.

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