Name: Bed-Ridden (free verse)
Duration: P00H03M29S
Description: This is about a time I could not stand up straight

Bed-Ridden (free verse)

by Rebecca Zimmerman

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This is about a time I could not stand up straight

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Guess I needed a little spice to my life
Guess I needed to look out the window,
But never go outside
Guess I needed to feel so small
Guess I needed this but I just want
To feel nothing at all

Wish I didn’t have to bite my tongue
Wish I didn’t have to tell everyone
Wish I didn’t have to see all these people with functioning backbones
Wish I didn’t have to write a song to sing these notes

I want to say goodbye to my body
I want to say goodbye
Don’t know what it has against me
Feel so misaligned

They call this a healing process
But I’m still trying to combat this
And I don’t know when I’ll just flare up again
I’ve noticed this house is so separated
I feel it, but he just seems oblivious
I know all you do is scream and fight
I know you’ll keep at it for the rest of your life
They call this a healing process
But I was not deserving of this
I know, I know

I know your heart still palpitates
Faster than this beat
I know I would not resuscitate you
If they ever asked me
This song became about you
When it was supposed to be about healing
I know the only way I’m allowed to fight (you) back is internally
I won’t let this get the best of me
I’m just actively combatting my body
This is my biggest ailment
But I’ll turn it all around
Look at you, used to be chronic
But you are nothing to me now

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released February 13, 2018

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Rebecca Zimmerman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rebecca Zimmerman (Philadelphia, PA) blends elements of rock, folk, and blues to produce a style that is genuinely raw.

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