Third single from Rough Time Demos, a 6 song EP recorded during the third wave of the pandemic here, at home, for $0.
This song sums up my pandemic experience completely. There was a lot of broken things in my life, and when the lockdown hit, I was faced with some sobering realities. Most frightening to me was how little my life changed, as if I had already severed all the ties and isolated myself. But turning lemons into bitter faces is what I do best, so I resolved to use my time to try new things.
lyrics
I won't lie to you and say I've been busy, you wouldn't believe it so give me a call. I probably won't answer and I won't check the message but I do like seeing your name on the screen. If that's enough, let's call this successful. I'd love to say more, but nothing has changed and I don't want to have the same conversations. This record is broken, but it will probably say more when it's over.
Don't know how long this will last. But when this is over, I'll lie through my teeth and say I don't mind.
Because I'm still wasting all the good daylight, and burning out before it's night. It's like I'm living in a goddamn nightmare of my own creation cuz I never learn. But if constantly falling apart, is the best way to stay whole, then I turn it over and over and over and over and over until it starts.
Predictable to a fault, I'm still driving around. I'm going nowhere but it keeps me sound, with a hand on the wheel and feet on the floor, the heater is still broken but it's not too cold. There is just one thing I have been meaning to tell you, if this shit goes south, I'll never forgive you. I had all the time in the world, but the clock ran out while I was still thinking it over.
And now I've waited too long. But when this is over, you can lie to my face and say it's all right.
I'll keep wasting all the good daylight, and burning out before it's night. It's like I'm living in a goddamn nightmare of my own creation because I never learn. But if constantly falling apart, is the best way to stay whole, then I turn it over and over and over and over and over until it starts.
But the engine isn't running right, and I'm burning too much fuel. It's like I'm living in a goddamn nightmare of my own creation cuz I never learn. But if we only ever get what we deserve, then I'm confident that I have been over-served. So I put the key in and I don't know why, and find the ignition without light and turn it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over until it starts.
credits
from Rough Time Demos,
released January 4, 2022
Guitar, Bass, Piano, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Artwork - Jesse LeBourdais
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