Happy For Me

from A Minute of Your Time by Ilana Charnelle

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You told me it’d be easy for me to move on
But you told me that you were the only one
Who’d ever treat me, the way you treat me
Wish I’d known just how right that was

Years and years and oceans away
Unravelling what I wanted to say
And you? You’ll find another ingenue
To distract you from whatever you’re going through

Hope it stings just a little
Don’t hope you’re broken, but I hope you’re brittle
It’ll burn going down that I made it out somehow
Not happy for your misery
But god I’m happy for me

The hardest part of leaving is staying gone
But lucky you wasted no time in moving on
You were so happy, ask anybody
But you never stayed happy for long

We soar, we cry, we get up each day
It’s worth the fight to live this way
And you? You’ll find another ingenue
To distract you from whatever you’re going through

Hope it stings just a little
Don’t hope you’re broken, but I hope you’re brittle
It’ll burn going down that I made it out somehow
Not happy for your misery
But god I’m happy for me

Sorry, sorry, I’m sorry for you
You won’t feel sorry cause you never had to
Sorry, sorry, I’m sorry for you
And all the girls you’ll cycle through
Sorry, sorry, I’m sorry for you
You won’t feel sorry cause you never had to
Sorry, sorry, I’m sorry for you
And all the girls you’ll cycle through

Hope it stings just a little
Don’t hope you’re broken, but I hope you’re brittle
It’ll burn going down that I made it out somehow
Not happy for your misery
No, no, no, no
But I hope it stings just a little
Don’t hope you’re broken, but I hope you’re brittle
It’ll burn going down that I made it out somehow
Not happy for your misery
But god I’m happy for me

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from A Minute of Your Time, released August 18, 2020

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Ilana Charnelle Melbourne, Australia

Inspired by jazz-era chanteuses, infused with modern sensibilities.

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