Like Everyone Else

I believe this is where I began to write in coffee shops - I'm fairly certain I wrote this in one, and although the next handful of songs may go back and forth, this kind of marks the end of my first era of song writing and ushers in the next. Until I get into the full-blown, all coffee shop all the time era, I'll keep you posted. Not to say the next era was any better, but I personally can tell a difference between the songs.

I think I mentioned before that a lot of my songs don't really follow a rhyme scheme. It's more in the music I hear in my head and how the lyrics go along with it... which makes me wonder why I didn't get around to recording more. Looking over this song, it kind of goes in and out of rhyme, and the scheme within the verses doesn't really align throughout the song.

The song is about being depressed. The chemical induced sweat and the happy candy I refer to are antidepressants and antipsychotics. It was tough getting out of bed...

At the end, I've included a segment of a song that was never finished. It was on the same page of my lyric book, although I don't think I intended it to be the same song. It might be a cool refrain or something, it has a little bit of optimism. Oh, and it rhymes!

Like Everyone Else

hot hot heat
chemical induced sweat
the only way to let the anger go
at least the only way i know

come, follow my infinite
knock of the door
the turn of the knob neverending
perhaps (again) i'll turn once more

the faster i fall, the less i feel
...i can't fall much faster.

put on my shoes
head for the door
forget it, i'll sleep a little more
i'll wake up a little less sore

pop happy candy
i'll swallow my smile
start moving when i see the light
the haunting will leave me alone tonight

maybe i feel more like myself than i have in years

the faster i feel, the less i'll fall.
...don't let me fall any faster.

waiting for news of me
four months to life
the sky is ash, the morning
is sarcastic. all will end well.

maybe you're right, i can
see the sun through the trees
despite smoke's still remains
you'll pay for your friends

maybe i feel more like myself than i have in years

the faster i fall, the less i feel
the faster i feel, the less i fall
let me feel, don't let me fall any faster.

~with these truths
~unlocked these chains
~a good nights sleep
~can dream again
~where i live
~a hero's tale
~where the good guy
~never fails
~to solve the mystery
~save the day
~where i am light
~in brilliant rays
~without rest
~ten years too late
~don't wake me up
~i'm sleeping in today