Distress Signal

from New Plans by Josie Newton

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I let the pressure get to me
Told myself I wasn't good enough
Let their standards take the driver's seat
Kept taking from a half filled cup

Looked deep in the reflection
Internalised words so unkind
Followed every misdirection
When I should've protected what was mine

Find myself longing for the days
Of VHS or cassette tapes
When I wasn't so afraid
Of what was written on the final page

CHORUS
If my lane is closed
Am I out the race?
No one seems to know,
I won't forfeit my place
You don't control my future
I won't sit back and wait
Before you even notice
I'll answer my own distress signal

Stood in a cheering crowd
With tears down my cheeks
Wishing for an alternative universe
That could be in my reach

Find myself longing for a time
Where we can pause and press rewind
So I could pay it no mind
When life gets heavy and it's messy
I won't blame myself for trying

CHORUS
If my lane is closed
Am I out the race?
No one seems to know,
I won't forfeit my place
You don't control my future
I won't sit back and wait
Before you even notice
I'll answer my own distress signal

I won't have my personal best
Be because of you
Don't write me off just yet
I have a finish line to pursue

Sent out a distress signal
Thinking I needed saving
I'm the hero, not the damsel
I got tired of waiting

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from New Plans, released September 23, 2022
Written & Produced by Josie Newton

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Josie Newton Plymouth, UK

Singer-Songwriter who plays the Sandpiper guitar.

I've been living with Fibromyalgia for the last decade, which has become intertwined in how and what I create.

All you hear on this page has been written, recorded and produced at home by me.

I sincerely hope you find something in the music I make.
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