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Measure My Worth

from Painting the Bathroom Green by Mia Stegner

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lyrics

Growing up I liked to think about myself as if I were a character like in the books I read
Tried to figure out the things that made me me, to see if I would love this character or want her dead

And if I ever wasn’t quite compelled
That’s when I’d fall apart and start to weld

Ever since birth
I’ve tried to find ways
To measure my worth
Measure my worth

Ever since birth
I’ve tried to find ways
To measure my worth

At times I thought I’d try to make my life feel like a movie, now I think I’ll frame it as a show
The actors make mistakes, and maybe there’s commercial breaks, but at least there are lots of episodes

More than one beginning, middle, and end
At least one character a friend

Ever since birth
I’ve tried to find ways
To measure my worth
Measure my worth

Ever since birth
I’ve tried to find ways
To measure my worth

As long as I can make one thing I’m proud of that will be enough, so I had better keep on making stuff

If I don’t do one thing today then I’m a piece of trash, it could be better, so could I, I’ve always known I’ll never reach the sky

I have to get good grades and earn some praise and actually find a way to maybe make some friends this time for real
Gotta do my chores and homework, gotta smile at the world, it doesn’t matter how I feel

Ever since birth
I’ve tried to find ways
To measure my worth
Measure my worth

Ever since birth
I’ve tried to find ways
To measure my worth

Now it’s time to measure my worth by how I measure my worth and how I’ve done so all along
Be kind to myself and put my worries on a shelf or else I’m doing this all wrong

Something’s not quite right with how you smile, you should jog a daily mile, change your hair and change your voice and change your skin and become strong

Something’s wrong with how you laugh, sometimes I hate myself on your behalf, in case you don’t dislike me because you’d be wrong

Sorry to write another sad song

Wish I had more wisdom to share, I guess don’t measure your worth
Maybe the point is we’re all worthless anyway?

But that’s not what I think, we all matter every day

Have I ruined this song with this weird verse that doesn’t rhyme well?
I guess this is the bridge and I can do whatever I want
I kind of like it, but I’ll probably hate it once I share it

Ever since birth
I’ve tried to find ways
To measure my worth
Measure my worth

Ever since birth
I’ve tried to find ways
To measure my worth

credits

from Painting the Bathroom Green, released August 1, 2020
Piano by Anastasia Bragina
Cover art by Kate (@kateniki)

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