Forgotten Future

from Songs For The Moon by Kyle Gray Young

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Sorry about all the happy songs so far, time to get depressed. I actually wrote this as a poem several years ago after a car accident. Maybe it was two different poems? I don't remember exactly. But I set it to a very simple chord progression with a simple melody and I think it works. I'm basically worrying about whether or not I'll be able to play music again. The thing is… I'm playing music while I'm worrying about it. So it can't be all that sad, right? Plus, there's banjo. I haven't recorded banjo on a song in about 10 years or so.

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Someday down along the road I might realize
That carrying this heavy load was just a bunch of lies
Lies that nobody told me
Lies that hid the truth
Lies that no one else can see
Lies that stole my youth

So when can I begin anew and start all over again?
What if I can't do the things that I could back then?
What if all my dreams and hopes just vanish into the past?
If I can't do the things I need, how could I ever last?

Everything's much clearer when it's written in black and white
All the fancy colored words just fade into the night
My mind is overflowing like a bucket full of rain
Making me feel alive by bestowing on me pain
But all the time I sit here casting shadows on the wall
Everyone keeps telling me that it's nothing at all

So when can I begin anew and start all over again?
What if I can't do the things that I could back then?
What if all my dreams and hopes just vanish into the past?
If I can't do the things I need, how could I ever last?

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from Songs For The Moon, released May 1, 2010

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