Corner of the World

from TIMEKEEPER by Steff and the Articles

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Don't watch the television
But I hear it in the background
If I've made any decision
I dare not say it out loud
My bedroom's not a prison,
But the only place I can sing aloud

I look through the same window
Made of a lit up, plastic screen
I see the popularity contests
And everything in between
But give me the bad news
Or whatever I can have of it, please

I am safe in this corner
This corner of the world
The same little corner
That grew up a little girl

Success lies in other lands
Against the shining seas
And I'm not being shy
Or hiding from what a storybook told me
Bored of these sidewalks,
But I'm stuck in the concrete

I am safe in this corner
This corner of the world
The same little corner
That grew up a little girl
All the terrible things that I don't have to see
In this corner of the world
That's where I'll be

Everything could be so much worse
But it's not what you're experiencing
And I used to hear these things as if they were supposed to be happening
Now my thoughts have taken time
To wander to places I don't wanna see
All the places that I just don't -
I don't want to see, I don't want to see

I am safe in this corner
This corner of the world
The same little corner
That grew up a little girl
All the terrible things that I don't have to see
In this corner of the world
That's where I'll be

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from TIMEKEEPER, released September 15, 2017
Song by Steff Koeppen
Arr. by Steff K (vocals/piano), Chris Pierce (bass), Tom Beech (drums)
Violins performed by Alexandra Tuggle
Viola performed by Allyson Wuenschel
Cello performed by Nathan James
String arrangement by Steff Koeppen
Produced by Curtis Douglas
Additional production by Steven Lee Tracy
Mixed by Ralph Patlan
Mastered by Mike Kalajian

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