One of my goals for 2019 is to get back into live solo performance but to date most of my efforts have resulted in either no response or polite “thanks but no thanks” responses from venues.
I’ve found it quite difficult. To the point where I kept myself awake in the early hours of Saturday morning battling unhelpful recursive thoughts.
Despite starting the day with a defeatist attitude, I managed to pull it all together by the end of the night, largely thanks to some encouragement and advise from my mate Tom, who has been not only a huge supporter of my music over the years but also a great friend.
It pays to have a few people around you who can look past the impossibility or enormity of things and guide you back on course.
I woke up this morning with a renewed enthusiasm and a song idea floating around in my head. Before I knew it I’d written this song. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Lyrics
Holding on to thoughts from far too many years before
Holding on to thoughts I know I don't need anymore
A perfect storm of interwoven under-action
And time keeps ticking by
I need a friend who can tell me it will be alright
I need a friend who can tell me to pick myself back up again
I need a friend who can tell it will be just fine
I need a friend who can lie
Overanalysing every single interaction
Over compensates for lack of meaningful distraction
Burnt to the core but fuel is sourced from somewhere higher
Almost year without you has gone
I need a friend who can tell me it will be alright
I need a friend who can tell me to pick myself back up again
I need a friend who can tell it will be just fine
I need a friend who can lie
I need a friend
I need a friend
I need a friend
I need a friend
I need a friend who can tell me what to say
Who can write the words tell me what to play
Tell me where to go, tell me who to see
Help me find a better version of me
Can stay up all night
Can fulfil my dreams
Can be anything that they'd like to be
Can live without fear
Can be young and free
So long as they lie, lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
I need a friend who can tell me it will be alright
I need a friend who can tell me to pick my feet back up again
I need a friend who can tell it will be just fine
I need a friend who can lie
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©️2019