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A little ditty about harboring a little darkness in your brainworks no matter how "mentally healthy" you become, and about how that darkness is something special -- in ways that can be good or can be bad or both at the same time.
lyrics
LYRICS:
You can occupy your time with “You’ll make it if you try.”
With the unexplained long drive;
a complete layout of your life.
Once you can occupy that view,
say ‘Fuck your bummer attitude.’
All that reasoning seem stupid. Once you push it beside,
You won’t need to address all you left behind.
Don’t you worry ‘bout it, baby, oh your only concern,
“Do I go left or right?” Don’t you worry bout ‘em, baby.
Speak ill the dweebs in private,
but to their faces all be kind.
Spray dust the shelves every month or so, and
Don’t let your houseplants die.
Centrifugal force has kept me in between
The protection of pickets I buried holes beneath.
I swore this would never become the new me.
Sardonic as it may seem, I am sincere.
I’m not getting any better any how by being here.
Balcony ‘bout twenty feet. Bet I’d survive the leap.
Outdid 2011 to 2015.
Broke up some of the concrete
of your whole neurochemistry.
Oh, but you’re not out of the woods yet
if the thought don’t escape your mind.
No, you’re not out of the woods
if that thought brings a piece of your mind.
And with the secret communicatin’ forgin’ ahead,
Your arguments are cogent
but there’s noise that’s disrupting.
“Emotional bullshit” and the voices that tell you to say
everyday that it’s okay to say.
Now we’re making progress, won’t you take a seat?
That sinus disinfectant spray could take a week.
Got time. Work release. Très magnifique.
To whom do I owe this fight?
Man, what do I owe this neon brewery sign?
I’ll take a minute to ride that old rhetorical beat.
Productivity down ‘round 2016.
I guess the slack gave pause to the sound
of that whole ‘listening to your soul’ thing.
Oh no, you’re not out of the woods yet
if the thought can’t escape your mind.
Can you be out of the woods
if the thought brings a peace to your mind?
And halfway to Baton Rouge, you may recall that you did
not prepare for a stone to snipe a chunk from the
winshield. The wipers rubbing dull from years of
pushing off sleet and packed on ice in sheets.
Think you ought to jot that one down. One down at least.
Calling your friends up only to tell them you’re fine.
If you get out of the woods somehow,
don’t forget how to find them.
No, you’re not out of the woods
if the thought can’t escape your mind.
Can you be out of the woods
if the thought brings a peace to your mind?
credits
from Swim Out Past The Breakers,
released August 20, 2021
Chris Farren sings the intro to this song. Chris is a musical and visual artist who has a great solo career as well as a storied career makin' music in bands such as Antarctigo Vespucci and Fake Problems. He's also one funny fella! Great hair!!!
