Story Behind The Song
I stopped writing music for several years. I stopped playing. I stopped calling myself a musician. One night for some reason I picked up the guitar again, and this song poured out. I wrote the rest of the songs on this album in the span of the following t
Song Description
This is a song about losing the inspiration for making music and struggling to find it again. Ultimately, the bridge betrays a last remaining ray of hope that the inspiration will come again.
| Song Length |
4:51 |
Genre |
Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll, Country - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Cool, Gloomy |
Subject |
Frustration, Music |
| Similar Artists |
Johnny Cash, Tom Petty |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I used to write songs
I felt my words were true and strong
I once wrote with no doubt
My words would fairly spill out
Chorus
Now I can't
No I can't
Now I can't recall
What inspired me
When I was younger
My music made me feel sure
My art it feels contrived now
Not so unlike these lines now
When a man loses faith
In the thoughts that once made him brave
How does he get the fire back
Wish I could find someone to tell me that
Tell me, tell me, can you tell me that?
I've become so cynical
This all just seems so trivial
Yet with as strong as it once burned
I keep thinking the flame might return
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