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Songwriting Game 6.20.20. Prompt: When The Well Runs Dry

I feel a little off kilter
There must be something in the air today
A cause for dismay
Seeping through the gaps of my cotton mask filter
I feel my heart rate climbing 
And the walls are closing in on me
My Chest, tightening
Heart palpitating to the beats
Of the same old
Stories forming in my head again on cue
When the well runs dry 
What’s left there to pollute?
With these conditions
What else are we to do
When the only way out is through?

This is a little unnerving
We’re surrounded by flagrant apathy
Lack of empathy
Symptoms of a nation of a people self-serving 
This is a vicious cycle
We never seem to learn from history
Doomed to repeat mistakes that run parallel
To the same old 
Stories forming in my head again on cue
When the well runs dry 
What’s left there to pollute?
With these conditions
What else are we to do
When the only way out is through? 

The tension’s palpable
You can slice it with a knife
When willful ignorance
Is a sentence on your life
To our detriment
A happy ending’s not in view
Keep your hopes up high 
Til the well runs dry
The only way out is through

Through

Swimming Pool

TV Screen

Halloween

Find The Light

Skyline

Lyrics:

I know i'm not one thousand percent about all of this
but i don't really care
i just want something refreshing...

to feel my lungs expand again
to hear my breath exhale again

goddamn, living is unforgiving

Went Fine, Felt Smoother

Can I tell you all about a place that I know?
At the end of a trail, off a long, wooded road
You come out from the trees and the sky just explodes
And you can feel the sunshine from your hair to your toes 

There’s a sense of stillness and quietude there 
The wind blowing through the grass, the leaves, and your hair. 
And there’s a certain something that hangs in the air
That takes away your troubles, your fears, and your cares. 

So don’t despair. 
Every step you take will bring you closer
Just around the bend the noise is over 
And you’ll just be a note, 
In a masterpiece by earths greatest composer 

Sometimes when I’m feeling stressed I’ll go for a drive 
When I need a reminder of why I’m alive 
When everything is crashing down and I need to hide
I go there, and I breathe in, and I am revived. 

So don’t despair. 
Every step you take will bring you closer
Just around the bend the noise is over 
And you’ll just be a note, 
In a masterpiece of hope,
In a tapestry of oaks and ferns 
and microscopic things you’ve learned 
That were shouted out but never heard 
But now are clear without a word 
In a simple tune from rocks and dirt 
And bugs and butterflies and birds
And bears and brontosauruses 
And you
By earth’s greatest composer

Through

JonMonMon