Covet (What’s Not Mine)
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Verse 1
The sounds of office chatter dull whenever he speaks
And I have heard him cuss enough to know he trusts me
He tells me thoughts he often hides, I tell him mine in kind
‘Cept what I feel inside for him I have to lie
Verse 2
Our conversations leave me dazzling and confused
And I am left to wonder how I’d feel in her shoes
A flame kept on is left to burn, and so for him I yearn
His love I’ll never earn, so he will never learn
Pre-Chorus 1
How I’m feeling, my mind is reeling, I need a minute
To gather my composure and he’ll
Never know the truth, got it all to lose
Got it all to lose
Chorus
My heart is full, I feel him deep inside my soul
But I know I shouldn’t covet what’s not mine
Caught in his rope, it pulls, it’s so damn hard to let him go
But I know I shouldn’t covet what’s not mine
Verse 3
These misty thoughts of him circling like a drain pipe
And I am done with wishing I could reclaim my mind
My yearning leaves us in the weeds, I’m growing crazy
Just let me live in peace, this is why he’ll never see
Pre-Chorus 2
How I’m feeling, my mind is reeling, I need a minute
To gather my composure and I’ll
Keep my lips sealed strong cause I know it’s wrong
Cause I know it’s wrong
Chorus
My heart is full, I feel him deep inside my soul
But I know I shouldn’t covet what’s not mine
Caught in his rope, it pulls, it’s so damn hard to let him go
But I know I shouldn’t covet what’s not mine
Bridge
He is in love with someone else
Already plans to stay with her forever
She’s really sweet, they were made to be together
I will be here all by myself
Troubled in these many feelings I have known
I think I really need to spend some time along
Chorus
My heart is full, I feel him deep inside my soul
But I know I shouldn’t covet what’s not mine
It’s pitiful, I know, I just can’t seem to let him go
But I know I shouldn’t covet what’s not mine
My heart is full, I feel him deep inside my soul
But I know I shouldn’t covet what’s not mine
Caught in his rope, it pulls, it’s so damn hard to let him go
But I know I shouldn’t covet what’s not mine
Outro
My heart is bleeding in my chest, I know I shouldn’t covet what’s not mine
I’ll give my bleeding heart a rest, I know I shouldn’t covet what’s not mine
“This addressing entries to a specific person started with you, so it only seems appropriate and poetic to end this journal off with you.
“You’re the only person I’ve told - at least that I can remember - that it’s been a lifelong goal of mine to complete a full journal. It’s not some big secret. In fact, it’s such a small, mundane thing that it never before came up in conversation.
“I think that’s one of the things I’m most grateful for concerning our conversations. We know each other well enough to just embrace the mundane.”
Excerpt from To You: The Nedy Johnson Diaries”
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