The Songbook of Benny Lament

by Amy Harmon

“Because if you don’t have money, it affects everything else.

I’m afraid someone will love me too much,”

“We’re afraid of different things. That’s good,” she whispered. “Maybe together, we won’t be afraid of anything.” “Or we’ll be afraid of everything.”

The minute you start relying on something to make you feel better—smokes, alcohol, junk—is the moment you lose your power.

“When I was little, I learned that wanting was better than having,”

I hear your heart, or is it mine? It’s saying hello, maybe goodbye. Oh no, not that. Don’t wanna go. Don’t say goodbye. Let’s say hello.

The upset gets all the attention because it sells.”

“A movement might unite behind a face, but it needs every voice.”

Physical presence meant nothing when what mattered most—my heart, my commitment, my loyalty—was elsewhere.