When I’m asked what this song is about I’ll probably say that it’s about 5 minutes and 10 seconds. I didn’t know it was going to be this long. I only found out when it was complete and ready to post on Bandcamp. Most of my songs have too many word and end up being long, but when I finally record them I notice and find a way to make them shorter. I like to keep everything under 4 minutes – that seems a reasonable maximum length. But I didn’t do that this time.
I don’t want to say much about this song. It was an opportunity to sing low. I found I had to record the vocal in the morning or I couldn’t get quite that low. It’s a song I’ve liked for a while without any real expectation that anyone else would like it. I can’t even explain what I like about it. I just do.
My Entire Life
Verse 1:
I couldn’t have pretended any harder than I did
I shouldn’t have tried so hard to hide the things I hid
But I was just a child of the time I’m living through
And I no longer trust those things that I once thought were true
Verse 2:
I sometimes think I know how I got from there to here
I think that I remember and my memory is clear
But Then I notice something’s else I never knew about
No one ever told me and I never quite found out
Chorus 1:
I might love my lady
Might make her my wife
I might love my children
For my entire life
I hope and try to pray
That there’s someplace left to go
Where they keep all of the answers
To the endless I don’t know
Verse 3:
Reality is a fox that’s out to swindle me
An illusion, a distortion of what I wish I’d see
The picture watches while I think I’m watching you
But illusion doesn’t help me when I don’t know what to do
Verse 4:
In these times that we all share it’ll come as no surprise
That I wonder what is true and what are simply lies
The truth no longer counts, it doesn’t matter anymore
All I learned I’ve now forgotten – can’t recall what it was for
Chorus 2:
I might love my lady
Might make her my wife
I might love my children
For my entire life
All the days and the years
I’ve been living with you all
Have taught me many things
that I wish I could recall
Chorus 3:
I might love my lady
Might make her my wife
I might love my children
For my entire life
I’ll try to learn to live
until i finally learn to die
And for my entire life
I’m sure I won’t know why
Verse 5:
The illusion of my life and how it makes me feel
Leave me wondering why I care if any of it’s real
But on the face of never really knowing what is true
I find that I’m still thankful for the gift of knowing you
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