I was burning every bridge we had
You were trying your best to stay mad
When water rose it wasn’t so bad
And we remembered how to swim
I was plotting a course I couldn’t find
While everybody else was trying to rewind
The continents shift from time to time
But I guess we all do
You can’t just take it all away
All the things you prayed I wouldn’t say
I’ll be here until the last bit fades away
We were starting something we both knew
Had a thousand ways to come unglued
And when the wheels spun off, unsure of what to do
I guess we both bailed
I’m out of ideas
I’ve got nowhere to go
You can ask me anything
And I’ll probably say no
We were deep in the forest
We were far off the grid
Now we’re here in Los Angeles
Like I couple of kids
Looking up at the skylight
See the moon and the stars
Through the light polluted
And I know that they’re ours
Screaming into the canyons
Wait for the echo back
Feel the weight of a lifetime
Come like a heart attack
And I said we can’t stay here but i don’t know where we can go
You told me you didn’t care as long as we could be alone
Lines ripped from a movie
Nothing’s new anymore
Drinking a bottle of whiskey
On the kitchen floor
Living a life of confusion
As if there’s another kind
All the good times and bad times
They become one in my mind
And it doesnt’ have to be this hard
I’ve seen that in your eyes
But the choices aren’t easier
Just because it’s what you prophesize
I was out on the road but I didn’t have a direction
I was waiting for some kind of sign
Some divine intervention
I was here once before but everything’s been changing
I dont know where everyone’s been
Everything’s rearranging
Things done come that easily
Not where my fate is concerned
Then the lights when out in the whole town
And everything went silent
You were wondering what could be found
You couldn’t tell where I went
But I was right in front of you
I was just starting to fade away
And you can’t make things fit to other shapes
You cant make them what you want them to be
And the memories fade into other things
You cant make them stay in place
I don’t remember where the past
Mixes with the things i’ve dreamed
I was walking, three sheets to the wind
You were talking but I don’t remember when
You went outside to see what was going on
I stayed here, happy to be alone
Of all the things I ever wanted this to be
I don’t know how I simply failed to see
The light is shining on the other side of this
One of a million things it turns out that i missed
Forgotten somewhere down the road, and it’s been a long time
Keeping the memories that I hold, but only in my mind
You'd have to be a fool to think anything can last forever
I've been a fool thinking anything can last forever
I was here before
But i don’t remember
Walking through the door
Or what was on the other side
Lights flashing on
Some kind of signal to me
I know it can’t be wrong
But it can’t be right
And it goes
Take a look around
Wonder what the hell this all is
I haven’t heard a sound but I can tell I’m not alone
Hover over ground
Try to make it all disappear
Heaven, maybe hell
Something unknown
There’s a kind of change but you can’t see it
It only happens in the night
There’s another age and we can be it
But only when time is right
Too far ahead
Or too far behind
Either way you cut it something's out of line
All the words we say
All the ties we bind
They add up to nothing in the end
I have to beg
I have steal it
I have to borrow what i never had
Dont turn away
Don’t make me sorry
Don’t forget everything you meant to say
I turned my head
I saw it clearing out
I felt the embers smolder in my hand
The sky was gray
But ain’t it always now
You just remember what your momma said
You can take the long way home
It’s alright
Either way you’ll make it by the morning light
On the brightest day or the darkest night
You can always stop and close your eyes
And so they say
That things get harder but
I don’t understand how that can be
When you’re away
I’m at the start again
Closing the distance between you and me
Working hard to pay my bills
Looking for some space to fill
Something that I can call my own
This kind of life ain’t what I need
In other ways it’s what’s saving me
At least I’m not on this road alone
They say a hard rain will fall
I don’t know about that at all
Times are bad or times are fine
Never on the right side of that line
Now it seems like the line might be gone
It’s easier just to let it go
Let it fall away like snow
Coming down on a winter morn
And only time will tell
If this gets to me as well
All the things that they told me
I finally understand
Everything I wanted
In the palm of my hand
Turning back but there’s no road now
So that’s not an option anyhow
I’ll just keep looking straight ahead
Everything is clear and bright
Even on the darkest night
Something about that makes me less afraid
I ain’t walking in the dark
So long as i can find a spark
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It's been a long year stuck inside. Finally, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. So far in 2020 I've put out 5 records, plus a children's record ( available at www.couchisnotanapkin.com ), making Winded my 7th record of the year. And frankly, I'm... winded. Looking forward to taking a break and slowing down next year. Stay safe, and stay sane, the end of all this hell is in sight.
Written and recorded over a couple weeks in December, 2020 at The Bungalow in Fullerton, CA.
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released December 30, 2020
Covert art: Julian Cohen. All songs by Jared Cohen. Thank you to Spencer Askin.
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