Not gonna lie to y'all. Been in a dark place for quite some time. Trying to work my way out of it...one step forward, two steps back. But I still have plenty of fight in me. Part of the fight is writing songs that let some of the demons out. This song is exactly about that. When sleep is more than elusive, and the sleep you do get is haunted. When loneliness is king, and you know that no one is knocking on your door today...or tomorrow. When you miss everything you had that was taken from you. When you have so much to give, and no one to give it to.
Quite simply...this is an outlet. This is what loneliness feels like to me. This is what life playing as a bad dream is like to me. This is also very good for me to write a song like this. "Bottled up tight as a drum" is not good therapy...getting it out in song most definitely is.
If you feel lonely...if you sometimes see no light at the end because the tunnel seems endless...this song doesn't offer the answers. But it does serve as the equivalent of screaming at the darkness and letting it know that you will not be defeated.
(Note: No prerecorded instruments or multiple instrumental or vocal tracks were used in the making of this video.)
LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND
words and music by DINO ROMANELLI
Sometimes I wake up in the morning in a cold, cold sweat
Seems I've been dreaming something bad
But then I always forget
Down in the depths of my mind
It's not so easy to leave it all behind
Sometimes I think I'm going crazy and I can't sit still
I get relief out of a bottle
Till I've had my fill
Down in the depths of my mind
It's not so easy to leave it all behind
Out of luck and out of touch
Sometimes it hurts me if I think too much
Bottled up tight as a drum
I search for answers but they just won't come
Sometimes I find myself staring at the sun up in the sky
With tears a rollin' down my face
And I just don't know why
Down in the depths of my mind
It's not so easy to leave it all behind
Out of luck and out of touch
Sometimes it hurts me if I think too much
Bottled up tight as a drum
I search for answers but they just won't come
Sometimes I wake up in the morning in a cold, cold sweat
Seems I've been dreaming something bad
But then I always forget
Down in the depths of my mind
It's not so easy to leave it all behind
© Dino Romanelli, Affordable Music (BMI)
