Dust Storm
Lyrics by Paulina Logan and Jenny Nash
Music by Paulina Logan

I clean your face out from
Under my nails as I walk away
I change my shoes because
The tread has disappeared
What was the worst thing
You thought I would say
Were you expecting awkward silence
While your dust storm cleared
Were you expecting awkward silence
While your dust storm cleared

You're the same as always
You are sweet like nicotine
I've got no mind in mind
For your time
Running through your insecurities
I breathe in the chlorine
I'm glad for once
You're not mine
I'm glad for once
You're not mine

I'm so tired of the hypocrisy
That's hidden from everyone but me
My own mind has always been
Your first enemy
This dust storm has always been
Your first enemy

You didn't think I
Had it in me
But only because you never saw
What do you think now of
The sting upon your perfect face
Left from my verbal claw
Left from my verbal claw

You say inappropriate things
At the perfectly appropriate time
And linger your way through the day
As only you can
I get distracted by the raindrops
They're all that is mine
Taking that away is just part of
Your clever plan
Taking that away is just part of
Your clever plan

I'm so tired of the hypocrisy
That's hidden from everyone but me
My own mind has always been
Your first enemy
This dust storm has always been
Your first enemy

I used to feel so unsure
So unsteady on my feet
Wanting so much more
Than had ever been seen
I was hidden in the face of
Everyone you would meet
I was running, I was running, I was running
From anyone like me
Now I'm running, now I'm running, now I'm running
From anyone like you

© 2003 Paulina Logan / Jenny Nash