Recorded this while on hold with Unemployment. And of course after an hour, they decide to actually get on the phone when I’m almost done.
But, I made a bunch of mistakes anyway. I just wanted to get it recorded so I know what strumming/chords I used.
PS. capo on 3rd fret - relative G, C, E, weird F and weird A.
PPS. This was a poem I had written back in 2006 that I decided to make into a song.
lyrics
With these barriers between us,
this difference in time,
the roadblocks set up in my head,
I will break them all if it means
I could hold you just once
before you change your mind.
These inhibitors in me
stop me from doing what I should,
the drugs I stopped taking
should have stayed for good.
Each day without you or them,
I’m wrecked, in a constant state
of a n X i e t y.
And, I need my oral fix(ation),
the pill on my tongue,
or my lips to yours.
For just this once,
I think it’d be enough,
to feel you deeper
than the playful touch.
For just this once,
can you be my medicine,
my sanity,
my grounding hit?
One punch to the face,
if this isn’t what you want,
watch my teeth mingle in the grass
with my blood.
The worms will come up
for the moisture
and drown in me.
For just this once,
I need your hand,
either choking me down,
or holding my own.
Help me whichever way
you see fit,
with a kiss or a hit,
land it on my cheek,
or my lips.
Just give me what I have coming,
and send me into oblivion,
and join me if you want,
or leave me to rot.
The choice is yours.
If just for this once,
give me what you’ve got…
Jenny Owen Youngs kills it again. Her re-imagining of Pirates on this alone is worth the entire album. Its haunting sound is to die for. (Pun intended.) good robot usses
Utterly gorgeous songs that combine traditional folk and bluegrass with the Jewish Sabbath liturgy to moving effect. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 24, 2023