A song about envy and the million proverbial daggers raining inside my intestines. Written in a broom closet house on bad choice road. Watching the agents of your design destroy a city; duped by your own stupidity; ousted by your better judgement; drowned by your sunk costs. The ballad of a grifter with no more bright ideas. Penance done by the hand of your better nature. The ultimate George Costanza end of the road song.
lyrics
I wanna move to Vanuatu
And plant my head in the sand
In the escarpment, get an apartment
And wait there for my friends
And I will walk in the garden
And learn every movement of the stars
For heaven is sacred
But surely it’s wasted on us
Envy permit
We could get high
And sit up all night
Then when envy returns
We’ll watch the world burn
Watch the world burn
right up
Why is it so that trying to forget
Is like stopping a wave with your hand
I’ll find a shaman, change my ways and
Become one with the land
And I will feel all of my days
Fading away into the light
No climbing for answers
Or grappling for reasons, goodbye
Envy permit
We could get high
And sit up all morning
Until envy returns
To watch the world burn
Watch the world burn
right up
credits
from Songs From Before,
track released September 22, 2023
All songs: Fletcher Gull
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