Lost In The Flood - Original Song

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A folksy tune, alto lead, and tight harmonies.

As far as subject matter, I feel the need to say: I'm okay.

This is an older song for me, though it's new to you. For a long time, I have been withholding some of my songs because it's a bit like publishing my diary.

This song came from a few different places. For one, I was writing a story about a person getting caught in a flash flood. Then the theme pulled into more of the idea of the invisible wounds of drowning. When I was a kid, my dad used to sort of joke with us when minor wounds came about and he'd say, "Anything broken?" No. "Are you bleeding?" No. "Then suck it up, tough it out, and do the best you can." -- Now, let me be very clear: I NEVER resented that from my dad. I agree! I mean, what other advice is there during a hard time that you MUST get through? Suck it up, tough it out, and do the best you can. Some of these words came about because I chose poetry over source-sensitivity.

The other side of that though, is I have encountered people who depleted the severity of a problem because of appearances. As if I had to really lose it in order to be taken seriously. I once said to someone, "Drowning is silent, you know... The fact that I am speaking up should be seen as a good sign that I'm not as fargone as the others around me who are slowly and quietly withering away. They're never going to say anything. They're just going to disappear one day."

Even the bridge, when I would normally have the bittersweet drop, in this already snarky song, I have a mildly optimistic should-shrug, if you will. Because, well, at the end of the day it still really does come down to appearances and others' perceptions of you. I can only request that people remember of me something that's true.

But again, I will say: I am okay. After all, if you have been around for the last 2-3 years, you know... Right? You know. But I AM okay.