Pale Compromises

Commentary:
One of my alltime favorite lines from Elvis Costello-- "There's a girl here and she's almost you." I stretched that into a whole song, or tried. There is also a lovely echo of Dylan's "Most of the Time"-- if my songs do nothing but pay tribute to the lines and songs I love than that is enough.
I know what this should sound like but I don't have the musical or vocal talent to make it sound right, I hope you can kind of guess what the notes should be-- eventually again this should probably be on piano, and I've tried it on there a couple times. I'm not a huge fan of this song, but I do like the thematic movement in the last three verses.

Lyrics:
She's almost you
She's almost you
before I went insane
before all the shame
without all the pain
without all the blame.

It's almost true
It's almost true
that I can repent
and be forgiven
I've found you again
just like you were then.

I was almost through
I was almost through
Your memories confined
in the back of my mind
you were far behind
most of the time.

But she's almost you
She's almost you
Everything I forgot
the day that we fought
all that I've sought
or maybe she's not.

I don't know who
I don't know who
she is deep inside
I can't see past her eyes
that I've covered in lies
to look just like you.

Which they almost do
They almost do
She is almost you.
It is almost true.
I was almost through.
Before she was you.