Story Behind The Song

Personal relationship... about the feeling of not-yet-ready-to-let-go while thinking about the consequences of moving on. Absorb the lyrics your own way.

Song Description

This is lead track from the album by Twelvehourmary entitled 'Blowing Over', an independently released rock project. The song is about realizing what is in front of you at the same time you realize that you can't possibly take everything about now into the future... trying to decide how you keep a hold of change as the clock keeps turning.

Lyrics

I'm not prepared to let you go
tell me where to light the fuse
so I can blow a great big hole
jettison the empty words
step into the clearing smoke
realize you're right in front of
all you need to know

think of all you're holding back
someone else's ears are building up in yours
a cautionary plaque
I'd rather be the waterfall
than trying hard to balance on a raft
the rapids come up fast

get set to throw yourself across your mind
I bet you knew before you tried
hold onto all that you can keep beside you
remember all of it in running time

open up your hand
it's so much easier than counting cards
or hoping for a sudden wind
I'll be your weatherman if you will be
the one I can't predice now and then

I tell myself the things I think I need to hear sometimes
inoculates my day with just enough to get me by
believe in something as you feel the fall
before you get your wings out to fly