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I Am Who I Am

from Elliot Apple by Nicholas Chakinis

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Elliot, would you open the door
you left without saying goodbye
so, how’d it go with David
isn’t he such a good-looking guy

what’s happen to your place
with all these scattered, ripped out, notebook pages
oh Elliot, are you okay

my father now sees me for who I am
and I guess I’m not who he wants to see
Patrick, I am who I am
I can’t force myself to be
who he wants me to be

give me a hug
it’s okay, you can cry
I’m here for you
and it’s going to be alright
you don’t deserve this
you’re not his lies

Elliot, look in my eyes
you’re beautiful
and there is a light

in a desert land he found him
in a barren and howling waste
he shielded him and cared for him
he guarded him as the apple of his eye

now it’s almost summer
now it’s almost time
time to face his lies

Patrick’s helped me
and I’m feeling good
I know what I know
and I know what I don’t

I know that I may never clearly understand
determine one single answer for “who I am”
and it’s okay if I may never fully understand
there’s no one single answer
I know that I’m more
I that know I’m more than just a man

I want a bitable body
I’m not a man out of time
I’m a girl who hates her father
I’m a boy who’s cried and cried
I’ve always been attracted to a good-looking guy
with a happy frame of mind
and a childlike joy
unafraid, unafraid to die
all my life, all my life
Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky
G.I. Joe, blond Barbie

I’ve always been told
I’ve been told who I am
but I’ve never been asked
who do I want to be

Patrick’s helped me
and I’m feeling good
I know what I know
and I know what I don’t

now it’s almost summer
now it’s almost time
time to face his lies

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from Elliot Apple, released June 30, 2023
Lyrics contain Deuteronomy 32:10 from The Bible's New International Version (NIV)

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Nicholas Chakinis San Diego, California

Making music that you might enjoy, find comfort in & be inspired by because I believe the music you listen to matters, you matter & we all matter.

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