“Nothing Alright” - a song about withholding
It’s also about decoding, but more about not wanting to decode…. so withholding it is.
Story Pairing
It’s amazing how so many things color our thoughts, how incidents throughout time add up and create little divots in our path, that when we go around for a second lap, we stay clear of those and never get to see what may have taken it’s place. What once seemed like someone scooping out a piece of who you are and destroying it may have left room in the dirt for a seed to be planted. Who knows what that seed could grow into, most of us never will.
I guess this song could be about avoidance as well, but that’s the beauty in a song, it can be about so many different things depending on what line resonates with the listener. It’s an overly obvious statement, but we are ever becoming more complex as we walk through life. The strings we tie to different drifting anchors create a network of pure chaos. Some of those strings stay elastic and stretch with us, some of them snap and leave a horrible fray, and some stay just where they were always meant to. To start to navigate another’s tangle, you need a guide, and the guide isn’t always interested in letting you in. It’s easier to close the door to that tangle and ensure the curious parties that it’s all straight lines and smooth connections. “Everything is just fine”
I’ve been guilty of it more times than I can count. I feel hurt or angry, and instead of sharing why (most of the time because I am either embarrassed that I feel that way, or worried it will become exacerbated) I just say “I’m fine”. In our society you see a lot of content laying this sort of behavior at a wife or girlfriend’s feet, but I don’t think that’s very fair. It’s something we all do. Thinking we are sparing them or ourselves by leaving interested parties in the dark, we miss so many opportunities to plant a garden where a trash pile sits. Maybe it’s not trash, but compost… we may never know.
My book on relationships will be coming out later this year, it’s already on Oprah’s reading list.
Song Structure
Verse - A / D / A / E / A / D / A / E / A
Chorus - A / E / A / D / A / E / Eb / D / A
Bridge - D / Eb / E
Voice Memos
Notebook Page
June 2024
Lyrics
I’ve been asking are you alright
As you're saying that you're fine
The tears you’re laying down at other peoples feets
Their answers are different than mine
I know I’m not the softest
And I’m quick to give my piece
Don’t be complaining that I don’t know what your singing
Notes that I never got to see
I’m not reading your mind
Just a waste of my time
Sifting through the debris
When you’re swearing that it’s nothing
And blaming that nothing on me
When you’re swearing that it’s nothing
And blaming that nothing on me
You ask me if I’m alright
So I give you back the truth
The last thing you want to hear is how I think and what I fear
Because it’s different than you
So i’ll just get to going
Pack my things and hit the road
You say you’re turning right, but been leaning left all night
I’m done believing what I’m told
I’m not reading your mind
Just a waste of my time
Sifting through the debris
When you’re swearing that it’s nothing
And blaming that nothing on me
When you’re swearing that it’s nothing
And blaming that nothing on me
Solo
Bridge:
Shes so damn pretty
I guess I’ll stick around
I’m not reading your mind
Just a waste of my time
Sifting through the debris
When you’re hanging on to nothing
And blaming that nothing on me
When you’re hanging on to nothing
And blaming that nothing on me