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25 March 2025 · 9:42 am
10 ways to get rejected
#love#moody
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Before even you think to try
1 don't ask for the application
2 don't even think to apply
"you're so out of my league"
"I can't ask you out"
"That book I told you I'd read
yeah, I can't even begin to
tell you what it's about"
"You remind me of my ex"
"I've just never been with
someone like you before"
"I used to be a nice guy
I don't pretend to be anymore"
"Nobody watch the video
it's never gonna sell"
you're insecure
and it's getting in your way
that part's incredibly easy to tell
"I can't walk in they won't like me"
"I can't say that they'll think I'm weird"
I wonder who you would be
if you let go of all those things
you've always feared
I'm gonna get rejected
maybe, yeah
but only by you give someone else
a chance to say no as well too
"I'm not good enough
it would never happen"
"It's not made for people like me"
I wonder how successful you'd become
if you just allowed yourself to be
"but the people..."
what people?
"don't make fun of--"
okay and
you think someone becomes Picasso
by making art everyone will understand?
La Guernica is being studied in books
so people think it's like two inches tall
how are you gonna be heard
if you don't even stay in the room at all
the letters of rejection aren't being sent
because you are not letting them to be written
why are you so hell bent, No
the letters of rejection
aren't being sent
you're not letting them to be written
because you're so hell bent
on believing yourself a failure
when a success you're meant to be
there's no dam way you're not messing with me
how to get rejected
that's the book you wanna start
how to fail the test
even though you're incredibly smart
how to fall for the one person
that won't like you back
how to have your baggage overweight with
stuff you didn't even need to pack
how to pick the wrong job
the wrong major
the wrong career
but you're one step closer to the right one
I hear, ten ways, that's it
but we rejected ourselves everyday
"no I can't send that"
"that's such a stupid thing to say"
"they deserve better"
the somersaults of doubt
"they don't wanna be my friend
they're only nice to me for clout"
"they don't think I'm talented
they pity me behind the scenes"
tell me who's in the way of all of those dreams
"my dream person is probably married already"
"of course I'm gonna end up alone"
you're getting a call from your biggest hater
but surprise
It's YOU on the phone
my biggest rejections weren't the said no's
it's the versions of me who smirked
as I fell to the deepest flows
and a loudspeaker
inserted someone else's voice
how to get rejected
you mean opposite is it a choice?
I'm gonna hold your hand
when I say this
get out of your own damn way
because why would someone reject you
if you've already rejected yourself anyway
— RF
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