From the recording Within the Shimmering Darkness
Lullaby (For the Lost & Living Dead) attempts to embody the experience of depression and anxiety: the rumination, the ongoing worry, the lack of joy and feeling of worthlessness. The song presents a landscape where time has slowed down, every tick of the clock, every drop of water out of the sink is noticed and every thought, overanalyzed.
Released Jan 28, 2022
Produced by Frank Gryner
Vocals by Shannon Roszell
Programming & Guitar by Frank Gryner
Written by Shannon Roszell
Lyrics
Tik tok, what you said
What you said, what you said
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What you said, what you said
Drip drop, what I said
What I said, what I said
Drip drop, what I said
What I said, what I said
Just who do you cry out to
When you don’t believe in God?
Who’s fighting in your corner
When that fire in you is gone?
Keep waiting these long days out
Get up, get clean, get dressed now
Don’t think, don’t feel, don’t worry
But I just don’t know how
Tik tok, what you said
What you said, what you said
Tik tok, what you said
What you said, what you said
Drip drop, what I said
What I said, what I said
Drip drop, what I said
What I said, what I said
Are stars all we have left
To enjoy and not destroy
Some were long past dead
Before we looked up to the sky
You’re dry inside the cabin
I’m soaked right to the bone
The lake is lined with floating fish
They’re never going home
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What you said, what you said
Tik tok, what you said
What you said, what you said
Drip drop, what I said
What I said, what I said
Drip drop, what I said
What I said, what I said
Tik tok, what I said
What you said, what you said
Tik tok, what you said
What you said, what you said
Drip drop, what I said
What I said, what I said
Drip drop, what I said
What I said, what I said