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Didn't It

from Didn't It by Hannah Jay

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i was stuck remembering

At first I thought I chose

to tuck myself, somewhere in

between these days and those

I'd look for clues in people’s faces

Thinking they might know

What I don’t know


I treated days like they were nothin

But a way to find

out if what it Was was nothing but

A passing state of mind

I was searching for the answers in the things

That the others left behind



Was looking for whatever

would be able to provide

Me with whatever it was that

had been given to the tide

Was trying to figure out

why I was never good at sayin my goodbyes




It had to be for something

Didn’t it?

It had to be for something

Didn’t it?

Didn’t it


I started sleeping more and more

In hopes that dreams might hold some truth

in hopes that if I closed my eyes

The questions might be soothed

In hopes that when I woke

I’d finally feel as if I had nothing to prove


I tried to treat the morning

like some new chance to begin

I tried to greet the afternoon

With something like a grin

I tried to face the evening

Without thinkin bout the way things might’ve been


It had to be for something

Didn’t it?

It had to be for something

Didn’t it?

Didn’t it


Was busy looking backwards

Trying to find something to see

Not able to look forward til

The past and I agreed

on the fact that some things happen

Cuz of other things that weren't supposed to be


Thought life was just another word

For trying to make sense

Of anything that wasn’t on

A clear side of the fence

Thought time was just one more thing

That I was meant to spend


Was holding on for when

I’d finally come to understand

The reason that it went

So very different from the plan

was holding on too tight

Was asking too much of my hands



It had to be for something

Didn’t it?

It had to be for something

Didn’t it?

It had to be for something

Didn’t it?

So what was it for?

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from Didn't It, released March 5, 2019

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Hannah Jay is a singer-songwriter based in Jamaica Plain, MA. She tries to keep it honest and relatable, hopefully you'll find something in her music that speaks to you.

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