From the recording The Light Still Shines On The Main (WAV file)
This was the first song I finished after 7 years of not writing anything of note. I was thinking of my musical compadres, so many struggling coming out of COVID, but mostly I was thinking about Brittany and our relationship. There is no one who believes in me more than she does, and there is no one I would rather go through this life with than her. Sorry I pawned the ring, love.
Lyrics
I could be happy
Lying awake here
But if you ask me to stay, dear…
There’ll be no answer
And though I adore you
I am afraid I would bore you…
CHORUS:
Can’t look down, can’t come up
And there’s a nothingness
All my friends can feel it too
If you figure out how to land and where the bottom is
That’s the place for me and you
Maybe it’s slander
Or maybe I’m liable
To put my hands on the Bible
And we could get married
It’d be like I told you
And I’ll be the last one to hold you…
I could be happy
Lying awake here
But if you ask me to stay, dear…
There’ll be no answer
Because I adore you
No one else comes before you