Whatever Makes It OK

from Scissors & Tape by Lauren Coleman

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What makes it okay
Just to say that you’re on my mind
‘Cause I can’t escape this place
And I’m getting buried deeper all the time

Whatever makes it okay…

And what makes it okay
That he’d say that she’s nothing of worth
And what makes her stay around
When he only brings her down
And it seems that he loves to see her hurt

Whatever makes it okay
Will only make it stay the same

And what makes a man a man
What makes him think he can
do the things that he always seems to do
He says he’s been hurt before
And that he can trust no more
But is it really his right to choose

Whatever makes it okay
If it means she has to pay
Whatever makes it okay
Will only make it stay the same
It only makes it stay the same

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from Scissors & Tape, released October 21, 2022
Produced by Lauren Coleman and Richard Penzone
Music and Lyrics by Lauren Coleman

Lauren Coleman: Vocals, Guitar, Percussion
Richard Penzone: Bass, Synth Strings
Gavin Castleton: Synth, Piano, Percussion
Timothy Arnold: Drums, Percussion

Drums engineered by Keith Goodwin
Vocals engineered by Derek Poulsen
Mixed by Jason Cupp
Mastered by Danny Kalb

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Lauren Coleman Long Beach, California

Lauren Coleman is a singer/songwriter from Long Beach, CA. Best known as the front woman for the band Pebaluna alongside Matt Embree of RX Bandits, she is also a featured performer on “Uzbekistan” by The Sound of Animals Fighting, Gavin Castleton’s Home, Love You Moon’s Waxwane, and Destin Daniel Cretton's Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the Sundance selected film I Am Not a Hipster. ... more

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