Don’t go outside. Avoid your whole life. You are finally alone at night but you’re so lonesome. You feel done. You’ve been feeling a little dumb. All used up, worn out and weary.
That is how we live and it is the only way I learn. Giving up, getting burned and still living to tell the tale. So what if I’m lonely. So what if I toss and turn all night. There will be no returning. So I’ve got to let these moments pass me by.
I stay inside. Bury my nose in a book. Cook up a storm. Settle in and watch the tube. I’m not broken hearted. Just a little tired is all. This isn’t starting over, no, it is not giving up.
It is only letting go.
credits
from Shut In,
released November 6, 2020
Performed by by Fletcher VanVliet; Guitars, Voice. Jesse Sparhawk; Lap Steel. Stephen Landis; Violin. Lucas Carine; Voice. Aubrey VanVliet; Voice. Robin Carine; Electric Guitar.