Don't Change

For me, this is a song of struggles with depression.

"I know the meaning is right And I have confessions to know"

You know yourself and the things you don't like to admit:

"I am the suffering type I'm burying more than I show"

But you also know:

"I'm more alive than I know"

And then we hear the voice of depression, don't bother about anything, none of it matters:

"Don't wash, don't shower, don't bathe Don't eat, don't grow, don't age Don't cry, don't challenge, don't change"

And then you beat yourself up for feeling that way:

"Don't fall or drag yourself down"

You feel the call of drugs, though you know it's a bad idea and tell yourself not to give in:

"Yeah I'm the needles and veins Dragged down so far don't fear don't rob yourself again"

So you turn to your art, writing, songwriting, your creative outlet:

"Yeah I'm on the crest of a song I'm riding it while I'm wrong"

And maybe it's not so bad, perhaps this is how you're meant to be, some crazy poet, or just a rock and roll Joe, with tales of woe:

"Yeah I know where I'm from"

And then the voice of the chorus creeps back in. A tale of neither defeat nor victory, just a day in the life with the struggle.