old vinyl

wake up with swollen eyes
as if i just got a tattoo
and didn’t i really?

not hurt from truth
but hurt from doubt
the fear of being broken

broken like old vinyl
played perhaps a bit too much
full of life and yet…

only some songs play
or stop playing
right before the chorus

wake up for something new
broken means fixable
don’t know how to look

what is wrong with you
people will ask
when everything is right

have i even found the answer?