Story Behind The Song

I frequently remind myself of what this life would be like without the partner I have.

Song Description

Coping with the loss of your spouse, arguably the single most traumatic event that can happen to a person in a lifetime

Lyrics

This Thin Air
Words and music by Nick Trinoskey(all instruments, too)

No one can replace you
So how can I face these daily dues
I walked out to meet you
He walked up to meet me with such news

And I haven?t stopped these wheels from spinnin?
In eighteen days, the rain keeps spittin?
And if I had to I couldn?t tie my shoes

You could say that I feel lonely
You could say you might find sand out on the dune

(chorus) So they tell me
Not to worry
I?ll be torn and I?ll be alright
The sky will open up
But the sun will never shine quite as bright

If I try to find what?s left
Am I tryin? to steer myself away from dawn
All these minutes keep linin? up
Still you?re gone

And for nine years we were on that track
The sun kept shinin?, the rain kept holdin? back
And not a thing was wrong

You might say that I?m not lonely
You might say the ocean, isn?t there at all

(repeat chorus)

(bridge): And I will try to climb
but I feel like I am blind
and what music I can hear
is fading into, and I can?t breathe
this thin air
into thin air