CREDITS: All the songs below were written, performed by me
Quarantine was a strange time for all of us. I don’t know about you but I kept oscillating between panic and resolute calm to the point of extreme whiplash. Of course, I ate too much. Of course, I cried a bit. But, at the crux of it all, I kept thinking I should be writing more. So, for whatever came after, at least I got a few songs out of it.
This song came at the height of the outbreak when we were all hyperventilating after a grocery store run and calling our parents every hour. Sometimes, when everything feels like it’s collapsing, all you can do is turn off your phone and spend time with those you love.
This song felt strangely personal even though it wasn’t written about anyone in specific. At the time I was thinking about new beginnings and blank slates and how frequently they lead to repetition of what happened before. I was meditating on the idea of “shiny” things and how they seem to pull us towards smaller versions of ourselves. This song is about sticking around when things get hard. And, I guess that’s how it was COVID related.