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Circling the Drain (Acoustic)

by Nowhere Days

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1.
The times are not changing A change isn’t gonna come Greed has taken over and progress has stalled Now we’re just circling the drain ‘til we’re done It probably won’t be long now At least we hope it won’t be We waited too long, we’re slowly cooking alive All we can hope is that it’s over with quickly All we ever wanted was a future for our children Of course we’d be the ones to do ourselves in We always knew someday we’d have to pay for all our sins But momentum and complacency are a deadly combination We kept fighting wars Everything else got ignored Now the whole world finally has something in common We really shouldn’t be surprised It’s been clear for so long We spent decades treading water Fighting the same fights our parents won If this is really the end Are you alright with that? Better get your affairs in order And say what needs to be said We’re not leaving any kind of future for our children We deserve every trap we find ourselves in We always knew someday we’d have to pay for all our sins But momentum and complacency are a deadly combination We kept fighting wars Everything else got ignored Now the whole world finally has something in common At the funeral to celebrate the death of all humanity There’ll be no one left to give the eulogy No one left to read the obituary Nobody left to even give a shit ‘Cause the world ain’t gonna miss us when we’re gone The world ain’t gonna miss us when we’re gone We always knew someday we’d have to pay for all our sins But momentum and complacency are a deadly combination We keep starting wars Hell, why not start one more? Now the whole world finally has something in common The world ain’t gonna miss us when we’re gone
2.
I have stepped aside to make way for you and me I tell you I’m gonna give you everything And I want to But really, there’s only so much I can do And sometimes I feel like I’m letting you down I know some days you don’t want me around And I get it And I know you don’t wanna admit it But sometimes, you’re not sure we’ll make it through And you know I have my doubts, too It’s true But baby, we Are gonna be so much more than you and me Together, we’ll take on the world Yeah, this is our year for sure Nothing’s ever gonna be the same as before I can’t just think for myself anymore I gotta grow up Some of my dreams, I’m gonna have to let go of But our life now is more than I ever dreamed I’m pretty sure you and I can do anything We want to You’ll always have me to hold onto And if you ever doubt we’ll make it through Just look to me and know I’m here for you ‘Cause baby, we Are gonna be so much more than you and me Together, we’ll take on the world Yeah, this is our year for sure And baby, we Are gonna be so much more than you and me Together, we’ll take on the world Yeah, this is our year for sure
3.
I’m not gonna live forever This is only temporary I will not be remembered Once I’m dead and buried Everything I ever do Everything that I accomplish When my days are through Will quickly be forgotten Longing for the way things used to be Is nothing but a waste of energy Might as well start counting down the days ‘Cause I don’t deserve the days I have If I’m just living in the past Just go ahead and put me in the grave Throw me in the grave Who would want to live forever? What a nightmare that would be I’d rather face the devil Than have to live for eternity ‘Cause if all we really have Are a couple decades in this place I’m not gonna spend them looking back I got no time to waste Longing for the way things used to be Is nothing but a waste of energy Might as well start counting down the days ‘Cause I don’t deserve the days I have If I’m just living in the past Just go ahead and put me in the grave Throw me in the grave Longing for the way things used to be Is nothing but a waste of energy Might as well start counting down the days ‘Cause I don’t deserve the days I have If I’m just living in the past Just go ahead and put me in the grave Throw me in the grave
4.
You’ve been smiling a little less lately I’m pretty sure it’s got something to do with me I know the stress of these months Has driven a wedge between us Guess we’ll see if our love is strong enough Life was humming along with a sweet melody Now all I hear every day is one long scream Some days it’s more than I can stand All these financial demands You got a second job and I joined a band And I’m doing breathing exercises to help me sleep at night You’re always overworked, but you tell me it’s alright I know once we get through this, things will settle down Just gotta get through this, gotta get through this somehow Now we’re in crisis mode every other day Doing our best to keep each other sane I haven’t been pulling my weight You always say it’s okay But I don’t know if we can take the strain I’m trying to give you what you need But it’s slowly killing me And I’m doing breathing exercises to help me sleep at night You’re always overworked, but you tell me it’s alright I know once we get through this, things will settle down Just gotta get through this, gotta get through this somehow One week before the wedding, you’re having dreams of me leaving I tell you they mean nothing, but you’re not convinced And all these breathing exercises still don’t help me sleep at night You’re working every day, and way too many nights If we can both get through this, everything will settle down Just gotta get through this somehow
5.
We used to sing about teenage boredom Now we just sing of our drinking problems Maybe that’s the only thing we still have in common Well, maybe that’s all we ever did Pretending we’re both still the same old kids Can’t admit that neither of us are enjoying this Is this what happens at middle age? Emptiness replaces adolescent rage And we drift around kinda lost ‘til the end of our days If we haven’t made it big by 25 I guess we gotta join the rank ‘n’ file Making money for somebody else ‘til we finally die We don’t have to let our darkest days define us However far we fall, humanity will find us It’s easy to lose hope, but there’s plenty to remind us Our best days are not behind us
6.
I've been walking around with my hands clenched, I always got a scowl on my face The stress of the modern age is impacting my day-to-day Tired every morning, 'cause I'm wired every night Try to remember details, but I never get them right And this caffeine's not doing anything It's just setting my teeth on edge I missed every chance to leave And I froze instead of taking a leap Now I'm always running on idle My future's already decided And I don't see many options left for me Lately I've been spending more of my time in a drunken state How long until a phase becomes a personality trait? Anxiety is causing me to hide away like a coward Gonna book a flight so no one can reach me for hours And dramamine may be the only thing That will finally let me sleep I missed every chance to leave And I froze instead of taking a leap Now I'm always running on idle My future's already decided And I don't see many options left for me I missed every chance to leave And I froze instead of taking a leap Now I'm always running on idle My future's already decided And I don't see many options left for me
7.
Everybody wishing they were still young, everyone so consumed with regret I guess once you get old enough, all you do is count the days you have left ‘Cause the world keeps moving on without you, it fills you up with increasing dread Your golden years spent living in fear, terrified of what’s coming next But looking back won’t change today Wishful thinking never pays No such thing as glory days It’s just a dream that will never be So we scream like hell and fight ourselves Listen to nobody else Nothing ever changes, it all just stays the same And we do it all again Easy to say things will be better when we’re the oldest generation left Can’t wait to see the day when there’s nothing left to protest But we medicate ourselves endlessly with fentanyl and percocet Kill ourselves off day by day, just another despairing death Looking ahead won’t change today Wishful thinking never pays No such thing as better days It’s just a dream that will never be So we scream like hell and fight ourselves Listen to nobody else Nothing ever changes, it all just stays the same And we do it all again Societal change is accelerating And unity keeps disintegrating It seems this cycle is never-ending So buckle up for a long ride Everyone saying the end is near As human rights start to disappear Hope slowly gets replaced by fear Are we running out of time? Maybe nothing will change today Wishful thinking never pays Maybe these are our best days They’re just not what we thought they would be So let’s scream like hell and fight ourselves Listen to nobody else Nothing ever changes, everything just stays the same Let’s do it all again and again and again and again This pointless cycle never ends Ignore the past and play pretend Like change is just around the bend Then we’ll all look back in disbelief that it never really happened

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Celebrating the one year anniversary of the release of our debut album, "Circling the Drain"!

This is as close as I'll probably ever get to releasing a solo album

Thanks to Kev and Tony for being rad dudes

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released December 3, 2021

Guitar, vocals, piano, and harmonica by D. Miller

Recorded, mixed, and "mastered" at D's apartment

© 2021 Manny Diller Music

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