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Yesterday afternoon I realized
All of my favorite friends are gadflies
Buzzing in my ears
Asking why we’re here
And half of my head is philosophic
The other side’s staunchly catastrophic
Running around town
Shouting the blue skies down

Saying the good old days were never good

I heard a sermon preached on Thomas
Said it wasn’t the doubt that kept him honest
He was desperate to believe
In the things he couldn’t see
And I got to thinking I’m a lot like him
An optimist caught in a skeptic’s skin
Hoping everything is fine
Despite the warning signs

Saying the good old days were never good
We just saw the world the best we could

You know I love my indignation
Righteous or not that warm sensation
Spreading across my skin
Boiling to the brim
And you let me spin like a top on fire
Shouting and squealing like an amplifier
Until I blow another fuse
And surrender to the news

The last few years have been real bad

But you wait me out ever-patiently
Biding your time to remind me
Of all the things I’ve got
That I’ve conveniently forgot
And you put your hands up on my cheeks
And I can almost believe love could calm the seas
You look me in the eyes
And all the panic dies

Maybe the last few years haven’t been so bad
We just lost the line on all we had

And you say:
Let yourself off the hook
Let yourself off the hook now darling
Let yourself off the hook
I know you want to do it all by the book
But you should let yourself off the hook

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from Trying, released April 7, 2023

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