This one I had a sort of picking progression on my acoustic guitar and followed the same babbling lyric method I used in January. I got this one recorded quicker after dragging my feet the first month. I found this helpful and could pick out little things to add musically. I guess the words were kind of came out of feeling old, I think I turned 30 this month, maybe it was 31. also I thought of the book “The Thief of Always” I connected with it because February is important to me and it opens with a line like, The great grey beast of February swallowed him whole. I don’t know where my copy is to double check. it’s a pretty good book. Here are the words that made the cut.
I feel overwhelmed sometimes, out of my mind the rest
but she comes, sings so soft in my head
she has words to keep darkness at bay
pages darkened by ink just fade away
What I wanted, What I lost, I don’t know no more
Do you want to be alone, do you want to follow me anymore
the miles that separated us, I thought we could rise above
words fall short, I couldn’t grow, when you weren’t beside me
time is death, we are older, all time is dust, in the end
we are shadows, of what we have been
Hide in corners long forgotten
Oh i wonder how we've grown so small
The grey beast, i guess comes for us all
but sometimes it falls away, and everything feels ok
and we are together, just fuck and sleep
When I was young, I dreamt of love, I don’t think about it much anymore
but dreams cast aside, Promises broken, potential long passed away
what we lost, while we grow older, it’s gone, gone to dust
time is death, it's just water, all time is dust, in the end
