Valentine

from Melancholia by Melanie A. Davis

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Times are hard, I just get by, this day and age
Half a man’s wage goes towards paying for him to die
But I make do, live a good life
I’ve got land with a view and a pretty wife, my valentine
Still, the frost is coming, I see it on both sides
Of the glass reflecting back with no reprieve
Oh, the seasons start to change and I find
The same changes in me
Sometimes looking in my eyes is the only confirmation
That I’m still the man I recall trying to be

So when you lay me down to turn to dust,
Promise me you’ll go and have a strong drink for the both of us
Sink all my money in it, the kind we’d only get if
We struck gold down in the mine
But I jumped planes, waded through gray,
It’s not a trick I manage each day
So I think that this time it would be fine
If from now on and for tonight you drink yours and mine

They’ll take your money for most anything,
Rip out your cords, stick em to the door,
And then ask for you to sing
The call is out, a cry for help
We’re busy handing out pills we wouldn’t dare swallow ourselfs
I sometimes wonder if it’s under me to try,
But regardless if I’m high or not, we’d both find ways to die + rot
Rinse the memories till you’ve forgot

And after you’ve spoken your parting words
Promise me you’ll dust off that bottle of top shelf reserve
It’s not pure denial, but a better way to mourn,
Pour a drink and take it down, and the memory is born
Oh I carried the weight, looked down from the bridge,
I kept it together, I didn’t slip
In the name of moving on, it would be right
If from now on and for tonight you drink yours and mine

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from Melancholia, released May 9, 2018

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Melanie A. Davis Murray, Kentucky

Singer-songwriter from western Kentucky. I sing about me, you, us, and the wild weird world we're currently living in.

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