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How Can I Tell You (Acoustic)

from How Can I Tell You by Dyllan

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How Can I Tell You

I fear that if I stop
I won’t catch it when it comes
catch it when it comes
how can I tell you I was once
good?

I was thinkin’ bout my hands
when I was a kid
dirt gritty in fingernails

and I was all smiles and calluses
a monkey-barring’ super girl
I told ya ‘bout my hair like a rat’s nest
runnin’ wild a feral child

nothin’ no one could stop me
nobody had taught me about sweaty palms

but how can I tell you
I was once good at this?
how can I tell you I was once?
how can I tell you I was once an optimist?

how can I how can I how can I?

I think I left it back in the Bushwick
sweaty metal subway cars
and the sound of the train
was my sleep machine

back in the city
pen on the page wasn’t an effort
effortless
suffering in my stuffy second story apartment was
happiness

but how can I tell you
I was once good at this?
how can I tell you I was once?
how can I tell you I was once an optimist?
how can I how can I how can I?

but then I got self conscious
and I ran away from it
nothing I wouldn’t second guess
maybe I’m just not cut out for this
and I couldn’t handle all the critics
and everyone was just so selfish
the hardest part was happiness
maybe I should
maybe I should just quit

but how can I tell you
I was once good at this?
how can I tell you I was once?
how can I tell you I was once an artist?
how can I how can I how can I?
how can I how can I how can I?

But I fear that if I stop
I won’t be fulfilled
I’ll just be distilled
How can I tell you
I was once
good?

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from How Can I Tell You, released August 7, 2020
Written by Dylan Nichols
Produced by Jack Ventimiglia
Mixed by Jack Ventimiglia

©2020 DYLLY PYE MUSIC PUBLISHING
PLASTIC OCEAN PUBLISHING

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Dyllan Los Angeles, California

Soulful Los-Angeles based songstress DYLLAN interplays edgy melodies, rich textures and intimate storytelling to create music that invites the listener into a world of unapologetic emotion. Her music has been spun on NPR and featured in Billboard, Ladygunn, and EARMILK. She recently won 1st prize in the Coffee Music Festival Songwriting Competition. Her EP, not your goddess, dropped December 6th. ... more

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