Author: Gregor McCole

This is one that I rescued in the song restoration process five years ago. The original had all sorts of speed issues and a really bad bridge. It got better with a new bridge.

 

We took off “You’re Not It” this week. Thanks for listening.

I think this is the first song I’ve posted from a relationship that sort of changed my life, years ago. The end of that thing resulted in a batch of 10 songs that I’ve long referred to as my best work. It feels like they’ve held up over the years.

This one is about the effective goodbye. And she said just what I wrote—take me home, I’m sorry, but it’s what we have to do. She made the right choice.

She’s a good person. I hope she’s doing well. I seriously doubt she’s on this site.

I took off “I’d Rather Be Anywhere.”

This is definitely my most polarizing song–people have both really loved and really hated this one. It came from an interview I read with someone, where they were referencing lifting themselves up from a crushing burden.

 

We took off “You’re So Smart” this week. Thanks for listening.

I still feel this one, even though it goes back a long ways. You can apply this to anyone who ever made it all about them, who didn’t support you, and who clearly wrestled with narcissism and BPD. The psychological term is “crazy-making behavior,” and this person created it very well. It lives in song.

We took off “It Gets Better” this week. Thanks for listening.

I’ve been feeling like the song list’s been a little eclectic lately. This one might center it a little, since it’s pretty simple all-around. It’s about taking 21 days off from a relationship to break the addiction/habit/inertia.

I tried this a couple times, one well over 20 years ago. It doesn’t work. I figured out later the science actually suggests it takes 66 days (even worse, the standard deviation is high—by person, it can range from 18 days to 250+). “66 Days to Kick This Habit” didn’t have quite the same ring to it, even with the right number of syllables. So a magical 21 it is.

We took off “Unjustified” this week.

As always, thanks for the support.