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Until the Fever Breaks Me

from A Bigger Fire by Joe Holt

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I'm living in a messed up world
Full of male hostility and stressed out girls
And a guy was murdered on my street last night
Took me ten whole minutes til I felt alright
I held onto your body by the siren light

Nothing ever fills up, soothes or sates me
Just how I've been feeling lately
Scared to go outside in a world that hates me

I'm living in a broken town
Where we don't start dreaming when the sun goes down
Where we don't start living at the break of day
Where I'd owe you money just to get my way
Where like a fly on honey I am here to stay

Nothing ever fills up, soothes or sates me
Just how I've been feeling lately
Bottom of the list in a city that rates me
Gonna fight until the fever breaks me
I'm gonna fight until the fever breaks me

I'm living in an empty shell
Only dumb ideas and unpleasant smells
And I treat it good and I treat it bad
and I try to treat it gently when it's feeling sad
But I still want it to have the things it never had

Nothing ever fills up, soothes or sates me
Just how I've been feeling lately
Trapped in a body with a mind that hates me
Gonna fight until the fever breaks me
I'm gonna fight until the fever breaks me (I'll build a bigger fire)
(Hold it, hold on)
I'm gonna fight until the fever breaks me (I'll reach a little higher)
(Hold it, hold on)
I'm gonna fight until the fever breaks me (I'll work until I'm tired)
(Hold it, hold on)
I'm gonna fight until the fever breaks me (I'll get what I desire)
(Hold it, hold on)
I'm gonna fight until the fever breaks

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from A Bigger Fire, released June 14, 2019

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Joe Holt New York, New York

Joe is a folk singer/songwriter originally from England, whose music was praised by Obscure Sound as "stirring, eloquent songwriting," and by Ear to the Ground as "the real deal when it comes to folk songwriting." His music has been featured twice on NPR. He lives in New York City. ... more

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