Author: Gregor McCole

This is an old one, but one I’m close to. It’s fitting to me that this is a milestone song.

I’m certain my counselors in the past would have a field day with these lyrics. To me, the song is about soldiering on through betrayal. But I suspect an outside party would say it’s about the consequences of being a caregiver, the impact of shutting people out, carrying unrealistic expectations, not letting go of anger and, for goodness sake, not stopping to acknowledge what’s good in your life (and, let’s face it, I’ve always had someone on my side, deserved or not). Every good thing I am and every bit of the mess that I am is probably in this song.

 

I took off “I’m There” this week, which I always kind of viewed as a sister song to this one. Thanks again for reading and listening…

This one’s self-explanatory. Mistake. Big.

The song is a nice “dig,” so to speak, but my current math would suggest I lied here. It was probably two orders of magnitude.

We took off “Leave Me In” this week. Thanks again for listening…

This one’s a few years old, largely about feeling like you have a bond with someone you don’t see often (and maybe don’t know that well). We figured we’d end the year on a more upbeat note.

I hope you’re still enjoying our little introvert destination.

We took off “Still Want Me” this week. Thanks for listening…

This is also an ancient one. It came out after a project manager said to me during a difficult family crisis, “we’ve all got our demons.” I don’t have any idea what his demons were…but mine were quite happy not being belittled. ☺

I debated whether to keep the Cobain reference here. The original lyric was “I’ve listened to too much of Cobain, and not enough Timbuk 3.” Many years later, one of those two artists is iconic, and the other…had to be taken out of the song because they’re, like…not.

Still love Pat MacDonald, for the record.

I’ve taken off “We Might Have to Wait.” Thanks again for listening…

This one is old, old, old. It’s definitely a little out there, but it’s one where the chord progression/tune cried out to me for something more extreme. Certain enemies will like this one—it’s more how they think than how I think.

We took off “Neon Lights” this week.