Shame from Triangulating Line by Katie Haverly

It’s hard to know the ebb and the flow of your days
When every small move is an endless debate
And the chorus of voices singing one word
Over and over and over in your brain
Shame Shame Shame Shame

It’s been so long since we got along
And we said what we meant and we felt we belonged
But the courtesies now, cold and shallow
Uncertain who each of us really are now
Inches further and further from what could have been
And it’s hard not to wall myself in
But I try and I try and I try to move on
But how do you separate

Your hand from the gun
Your palm from the thumb
The flesh from the bone
The heart from the home
The weight of a name
The part that you played
The truth from the shame
The truth from the shame

Why can’t you take what’s rightfully yours
Why can’t you try just a little bit more
Why can’t I stop trying to make sense
Of the choices you made to end up like this
The choices you made to end up like this

It’s hard to know the weight of your woes
And the colors you lost and the slope of your lows
But the urgency now, starting to shout
A voice that I can’t seem to ever phase out
Curls over and under each day this goes on
The fall of the moon and the rise of the sun
And the heart feeling tight and the nerves overrun
Cause how do you separate

Your hand from the gun
Your palm from the thumb
The flesh from the bone
The heart from the home
The weight of a name
The part that you played
The truth from the shame
The truth from the shame

Your hand from the gun (Shame…)
Your palm from the thumb (Shame…)
The flesh from the bone (Shame…)
The heart from the home (Shame…)
The weight of a name (Shame…)
The part that you played (Shame…)
The truth from the shame (Shame…)
The truth from the shame (Shame…)

Why can’t you take what’s rightfully yours
Why can’t you try just a little bit more

• Acoustic
• Folk
• earnest
• female vocals
• indie rock
• singer-songwriter
• Rochester