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Should’ve Come Clean

100 Lyrics into Stories — No32

Jillian Spiridon
2 min readOct 20, 2023

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Isabelle didn’t realize it, but he wrote every lyric for her ever since the day she left.

She had cried, her mascara running down her face, when she had found out how he had cheated. He had begged her to stay, pleading with her as he stayed on his knees and held her hands. But she snatched them away and screamed at him, yelling expletives he’d never heard her use before.

That look on her face still haunted him.

Life had been hell since then, honestly.

He only wished he could hold her in his arms just one more time.

This is my third take on the 100 Story Challenge! Lyrics define these stories, and this piece‘s title was inspired by “Shouldn’t Matter but It Does” from John Mayer.

For the other stories in this iteration, check out the link below:

100 Lyrics into Stories

100 stories

If you missed out on rounds one and two, I’ve linked both my original 100 Story Challenge list as well as my 100 Faces in 100 Stories list below for your perusal if you’re

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Jillian Spiridon
Jillian Spiridon

Written by Jillian Spiridon

just another writer with too many cats

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