Neither Could Dylan

I don’t really expect to ever feel any better or anymore at peace with some of the things I’ve witnessed or experienced in my lifetime than I do today. If I let myself sit with any of them too long, they still make my stomach churn and my throat swell. I’ll never be fully okay with it, but I know I can’t change what happened, either. 

I still thank my lucky stars it hasn’t been worse – I know a lot of people who have had much heavier burdens than I have who aren’t ready to speak about them or aren’t sure how to navigate through them yet. 

That’s at least partially why I write and release music now. My favourite artists have been the company I keep when I have no one else who I feel understands or or no one else I feel safe enough to share with, they’ve offered those shoulders to lean on and those bits of advice that slowly over time helped nudge me in the right direction for me. I hope by sharing mine, it might do the same for someone else. 

It might not feel like it right now, but everything will be alright. 

Official Lyrics:
Don’t blame yourself
For where the needle fell
These thoughts all but consume me now
These thoughts all but consume me now

When you let go, I paddled out
Bound your body to the bow
These thoughts all but consume me now

Set course for shore
Per lifeless direction
A mannequin in place of noble captain
A sight too sore for historic capture
Nestled in the grooves of this record
An informal compilation of each of my failures
A tunnel tuned to brick wall compressor
Like a haystack maze with endless echo
Reaffirming words said without thought in anger 
Like waves, they thrash and they carry
Each moment they last, further unsteady

To be sure, all in search of a love that’s kind
No markers to indicate progress or finish lines
Not one left to suggest it’ll be alright

It’ll be alright
It’ll be alright
It’ll be alright
It’ll be alright

Don’t blame yourself
For where this needle fell
These thoughts all but consume me now

When you let go, I paddled out
Bound your body to the bow
These thoughts all but consume me now
These thoughts all but consume me now
These thoughts all but consume me now
These thoughts all but consume me now
These thoughts all but consume me now
These thoughts all but consume me
These thoughts all but consume me now

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