Better Days

from Kick Rocks by Sam Douglass

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Wanting to contribute to what must be a vast collective catalog of COVID-19 pandemic inspired songs, I wrote this song in January 2021 for Song Fight. At that point the fear, doubt, and uncertainty of 2020 had been spiked with a tiny bit of hope. Time still moved in mysterious ways though and no one knew when or if the world would ever be "normal" again. I paired all that up with some early Weezer inspired alt rock.

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I never lived through
Such strange times
You know I'm needing
To turn the page
Shred the calendar
Wash out my eyes
My soul needs healing
Gonna burn some sage

A new year’s here
But I still feel fear

I thought there'd be
better days ahead
The joke's on me
it's just more of the same instead
Stuck in a loop
I can’t take anymore
Every tomorrow is a rerun of the one before

Is this forever or
Just right now?
Moments fly by
While life stands still
I dream of waking
In a brave new world
Hope it looks familiar
I’m not sure it will

A change has come
But is it enough?

I thought there'd be
better days ahead
The joke's on me
it's just more of the same instead
Stuck in a loop
I can’t take anymore
Every tomorrow is a rerun of the one before

I wanna party
Go to the movies
Go see some bands
With all my friends

I thought there'd be
better days ahead
The joke's on me
it's just more of the same instead
Stuck in a loop
I can’t take anymore
Every tomorrow is a rerun of the one before

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from Kick Rocks, released March 3, 2023

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Sam Douglass Oregon

Hi. I make music. Some of it's not bad. You should listen to it! Maybe even buy some. Also check out Song Fight! www.songfight.org

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