Was weary at the backward steps we have been taking as a country and as a global society, and this song spilled forth from me in the span of a few minutes in late August of 2022. Between myself and the friends at Soundskills in Brookfield, Preston, we finally finished it in December of 2022.
Lyrics
Give me a moment to breathe.
I'm starved for air and I can't see
through all this smoke and all this haze;
I don't want to live my days
gasping hard for every breath that I should take,
Will someone help me in this dark?
The years ahead of me seem stark;
O Lord, I'm grasping for the light
in this fast approaching blight,
and I can't stand another day like this again,
I'm tired
of the same unending platitudes,
of these meaningless songs and attitudes,
so tired;
I want a new song for us to sing.
I'm tired of seeing the news at night;
all our dreams seem out of sight,
all the progress that we've made
seems to wither, die and fade,
replaced by hate and lies that people thrust our way,
I'm tired
of the worsening world around me,
of the dangers people fail to see,
so tired;
I want a new song,
and I want it now.