Week 8 - As you ever were

This week, an upbeat song about social anxiety, paired with a video of traffic at sunset from the roof of a parking garage. 

I wrote this song during the week after I announced the weekly song project. It was one of the first bursts of inspiration that made me think maybe I'd survive this project after all. ​

Lyrics:
Coming down, the lights of town
scattered and bright in the valley
Wide-eyed, flashing lights
in the complex at the edge of the city

And its Wednesday night
you're all alone with your wandering mind
you find you're just as you ever were
just as you ever were

Movie lights and sounds inside you
like a kaleidoscope stained glass memory
Warped and fried and overtired
there is a magic to your misery

It's Friday night
Your usual suspects are running wild
meanwhile you're just as you ever were
just as you ever were
just as you ever were

Maybe there's a bubble around you
maybe the wild wolves found you
how did you get to be so solitary, melancholy,
running out here on your own
like you hear the whole world coming through
an old time telephone

Coming down inside the crowd
you know these people are mostly friendly
Another round, knock em down
you hear a new sound starting thinly

It's Saturday night
the music is coming now from somewhere inside
it's like you're just as you ever were
​Just as you ever were

Nobody knows you really
Nobody knows you really
That's okay, that's okay
You can have a good time anyway

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