From the recording Unspoken
The depressed person speaks to their partner, who is trying desperately to find a solution.
Lyrics
We know all about the storm that’s coming.
Feel the shadows beginning to surround us
I look at you and your deep, imploring, frightened eyes
As you try once again to locate something that will ground us
These moments complicate our time together
The structure of our lives now feels bizarre and mangled
And I know that while you’re good at fixing many things
This mess for you is too complex to be untangled.
I don’t know what you can do to make it better
It’s not a problem you can solve. I wish you could…
Take the darkness and begin to make it lighter
And make the murkiness dissolve.
Your face says that you have worried all day long
my eyes peer at you as if you hide behind a curtain
I force a smile and say “I think the fog, it may be lifting”
But I know that you can see I clearly am uncertain.
If I stand outside myself I feel the path is clear
Just snap my fingers; make depression fall away
But here inside my head momentum is so hard to find
Lethargic sadness is the only emotion I convey
and I don’t know what you could say to make it better
It’s not a problem you can solve. I wish you could…
Take the darkness and begin to make it lighter
And make the murkiness dissolve.