The narrator is drug addict in recovery taking bad jobs around the semirural midwest. He had a consistent job working as a musician in Branson, but that led him to heavier drug use. He feels his addiction has made him unable to be free, or maybe simply left him conscious of an existing inability. Regardless, he wishes to return to a simpler time in his life, but believes he cannot. He is left with an unsatisfying life, and a bleak outlook on his future. He hopes to stay clean, but makes no promises, and believes that he cannot maintain whatever relationships he has or will have relationships.
The narrator is drug addict in recovery taking bad jobs around the semirural midwest. He had a consistent job working as a musician in Branson, but that led him to heavier drug use. He feels his addiction has made him unable to be free, or maybe simply left him conscious of an existing inability. Regardless, he wishes to return to a simpler time in his life, but believes he cannot. He is left with an unsatisfying life, and a bleak outlook on his future. He hopes to stay clean, but makes no promises, and believes that he cannot maintain whatever relationships he has or will have relationships.