The other day an old man came by the job site asking if we could move some couches for him. He explained that he’d had surgery last week to remove a large tumour from his brain, and due to a related leg issue wasn’t able to do it himself.

Obviously we moved the couches, and he and I got to talking for a minute. He spoke at length and ease about his health, and I was moved by how measuredly positive he was about the whole thing. It got me thinking back to when I was younger, when I was once hospitalized with what eventually turned out to just be ulcerative colitis, but initially was just internal bleeding of unknown cause (not a brain tumour, but still relatively scary shit imo) Anyways, I got to thinking about how terrifying a place to be alone with your thoughts a hospital bed is, and I wrote this song about that.

I’m very new to writing music with a synthesizer and the style really brings my shoddy singing to the fore, but on the whole I think this is one of the better songs I’ve written. Hope ya like it.

Once I Was Just Like You

Hey kid, you’ll be alright

You’ll get better give it time

And you’ll lead a good life

I know, once I was just like you

Don’t mind the hallway light

Lord know I know it’s bright

But you’ll sleep okay tonight

I know one time I slept there too

I know the emptiness you’re feeling

I’ve felt that lack of hope  in ever leaving

I’ve met the ghosts that haunt the dreams

You’d rather lie awake than be in

And I’m here tonight

And I can breathe alright

Though I’d sworn that I would die

Back when I was just like you

Know the sun will also rise

Know that every tear will dry

So if you need to cry

Just know you’ll be alright

I’m here tonight

And I can breathe alright

Though I’d sworn that I would die

Back when I was just like you

I know the emptiness you’re feeling

I’ve felt that lack of hope  in ever leaving

I’ve met the ghosts that haunt the dreams

You’d rather lie awake than be in

And I’m here tonight

And I can breathe alright

Though I’d sworn that I would die

Back when I was just like you

Know the sun will also rise

Just like every tear will dry

So if you need to cry, just cry

But just know you’ll be alright

And know kid, I was just like you