"Big Bed" (Original)

Probably the most gracious goodbye I've ever created, which isn't to say this is particularly gracious. It's just the best I've ever done. Also, the video is unedited due to circumstances I didn't care to circumnavigate so deal with it.
Lyrics:
We bonded over thought like two starving castaways
and I told you that I would always stay with you.

Forgive me, that was a stupid thing--to promise, anyway.

I'm sorry I said those words that made me a liar,
but I promise, when I said 'em I thought they were true.
That don't stop me from missin' you;
and I do.

It's a well-known fact that the bigger the bed,
the more space memories take up in your head
and mine keep gettin' bigger all the time.
I can't stop my mind.
I can't stop my mind.

The words out of your mouth paint me all shades of brave,
But if you could see me, I don't think you'd say those things.
'Cause not even the lungs and heart of the sea
can wash away that part of you in me.

So I'll keep filling out forms and smiling for strangers
while you try to do the same.
This is the life that we both need to make
and I'm wondering who made things this way.

It's a well-known fact that the bigger the bed,
the more space memories take up in your head
and mine keep getting bigger all the time.
I can't stop my mind.
I can't stop my mind.

So I'll keep the thought of you warm with my blood
and remember our days like a flood.
Because I love you.
It took me so long to say 'cause it's true.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Big Bed
• original
• acoustic
• guitar
• song
• goodbye
• sea
• home
• college
• friends
• love

[coopsmusicvision]

very nice,so you're home for the summer? that means more awesome music from you right? i hope so cause you know i'm your biggest fan lol.have a great summer

[RealoveGSR]

@coopsmusicvision Haha yes, and I am eternally grateful for your support! And this does mean that there will be more music up. I'm already in the process of writing another. I just gotta get my own mic and stuff and then hopefully I can give you all the quality you deserve! Thanks for your loyalty. Seriously.

[ukebob]

Would love to join one of the NoBmBH jams, but the summer's going to be very busy ... there was talk of another jam at Allan and Bobbi's in Ashland, but haven't heard anything specific. If that happens, we hope to be there. But we'll be off to Italy with Cameron and Terra for three weeks starting mid-June. I'm playing open mics and farmers markets here and hoping to actually start work on my long-delayed CD this fall. Just had a big jam at our place Sunday.

[RealoveGSR]

@ukebob Oh man, Italy sounds quite nice. And that's great, I'm glad to hear you're organizing your music into a CD and playing at the farmer's market. Even if that means you can't jam this summer. But I'll be going to Wintergrass next year, so I'll be around for that jam sesh at least.

[MrHoganable]

You sound like the female lead from the Weepies. I like this song :)

[RealoveGSR]

@MrHoganable Wow, thank you!! I love them. :)

[joezjoezjoez1]

very nice

[RealoveGSR]

@ranchranchiloveranch I'm glad, and thank you so much. Thanks for watching, too.

[ranchranchiloveranch]

That was amazing. So emotional too. "I can't wash away that part of you in me" really hit, but in a good way.

[RealoveGSR]

@ukebob Thanks, Bob! And no, the camera just sort of sucks...I really want my own mic so the actual sound comes through. Ah, well. And yes, I'm back for the summer! I just left my life in Boulder a day ago, so I wrote this song this morning when I woke up. When're you heading back up this way? It would be awesome to jam, now that I've found my voice.