Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them.
In today’s episode I have a couple of sad songs to play. Boohoo… This first one is called The Remedy, written on the 9th of September 2008.
080909 The Remedy
Have you ever been so unhappyYou’ve felt paralysedHave you ever been so angryThat you could kill the next personTo look you in the eyesWell I’m just the type of girlWho’d walk the talk and contemplateAnd erase memories from my mindTo get you out of my wayAnd I’m okay
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to youI wish you everything but the bestFor whoever youAre gonna play around with nextThis beaten, broken heart of mineDrowning in defeatOh it’s too hard to find the perfect remedyOh the remedy
Watching everything fade awayLosing interest in livingWatching myself fall everydayI just can’t stand what I’m seeingBaby wishing you were here to hug meA true love’s epitomeHow could I let you push me aroundTwisting, turning, tumblingAnd I’m alright
About a month after writing that, I wrote this next one. Another sad sad sad love song. Just like the songs in the last episode, it’s weird playing one of these songs without playing the other. They are just a pair - they can’t be seperated - they must exist together.
This is You’re Never Coming Back, written on the 15th of October 2008.
081015 You’re Never Coming Back
I’ve had barely any sleepFor the past two yearsBut when I did you were alwaysThe only thing in my dreamsThe memories still lingerLong after you’ve been goneSo the thought of you inspiredThis sweet little songSummer’s just around the corner againSo maybe if I hollerYou would look and swing my way
But I’m not going downI won’t succumb to temptationsI’m trying to move onBut I can’t get rid of this emotions
You’re never coming backSo, why can’t that get through my headI’m growing fonder in your absenceYou’re never coming backBut I’ll be waiting anywayI wish that you would have just stayed
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen your faceI can still remember the last time, the date, the placeNow not a day passes me byWithout you occupying my mindI’d drown in shallow watersIf you hadn’t taught me how to swimHow to swim out of affectionWhen love is bothering meI don’t live a dayWithout, without, without me thinking about you
Thank you for listening to episode 40 of Every Song. Until next time.
