Better Ever Than Never

from Rough Time Demos by Jesse LeBourdais

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4th Song on Rough Time Demos.

A lament to the death of the music industry in the wake of COVID-19 and concerns about it's subsequent rebirth in the aftermath.

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BETTER EVER THAN NEVER

How many times can I make the same decision and hope for a different resolution?
I keep lying to myself about what is to be learned in diminishing returns of empty rooms,
but it’s nice work if you can get it. The room always comes with a view. I don’t know if it’s ever coming back again but if it does it won’t be the same.

When you scream until you have got no air in your lungs,
and your body reminds you that you’ll never be young.
We can all look forward to getting much worse,
but if there is something you need to do, better ever than never.

All the lines we’ve taken played all out in all directions on a table, with pins marking locations
of gas stations and rest stops that sold novelty t-shirts. You either never wore them again or you never took them off.

Then you scream until you have got no air in your lungs,
and your body reminds you that you’ll never be young.
We can all look forward to getting much worse,
but if there is something you need to say, better ever than never.

I’ll trade the darkness for the light and drain the pity from my mind,
and fill my heart with what is left in all of this that is still good.
Roll up my sleeves and get to work, and do away with my remorse,
I’ll trust the ones I love the most and turn my face into the wind.
I think it’s best if we just leave this alone.

So you scream until you have got no air in your lungs,
and your body reminds you that you’ll never be young.
We can all look forward to getting much worse,
but if you're waiting for something to happen, better ever than never.

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from Rough Time Demos, released January 4, 2022
Guitar, Bass, Piano, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Artwork - Jesse LeBourdais
Artwork Direction - Denise Cymbalist
Photo Credit - Luc Frost

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Jesse LeBourdais Vancouver, British Columbia

Punk rocker/folk singer, now an author, apparently.

Breaking strings and writing words since 1998.

New Single "We Howl" out March 1st, 2024

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