Story Behind The Song

Getting over my fears of moving, when I moved from NC to LA. I have since returned to NC, but I'd love to go back to LA someday, and this is a song about me overcoming those fears to make happen what I need to make happen.

Song Description

A song about breaking out of the cycles that trap us, when our lives become stagnant. It's a song to motivate you to get past these things.

Lyrics

Get Away lyrics

Verse 1

Everyone wants to be someone different than they are at times
They wanna view their life from afar, and at night
They spend their time looking at stars
Drinking liquor, wishing for change, with all of their heart
I see it in the eyes in the mirror looking at me
Hoping one day, the future shares a laugh with me
And I can reflect, not only on selective moments
But the big picture itself, and see it as golden
That?s why we keep living, ?cause we hope for the day
A change will turn our life around and take us away
Damn right I dream everyday, praying for rain
To come and wash my pain away and bleach all the stains
I?ve inflicted on myself as well as others
I?m sorry; all apologies for the rough ones
And I can say, even though the times have been tough ones
My minds dirty but my hearts right for my loved ones

Chorus 2x

I need to let go, get away, reach for a new life
Step back, move ahead, find what is inside
Look into my eyes and see who I need to be
I need to let go and get away to find the real me

Verse 2

One day sitting in traffic, and think to myself
Why am I here now, as opposed to where else
I could be, I can?t see purpose in front of me
Sitting frustrated it occurs to me suddenly
I?m here cause I?m learning, patience under pressure
Try to stay composed but this world will test ya
I?m sick from the feeling of anger that builds and burns
Blood pressure rising through the times that turn
Into periods of life when your short on sight
Into the hours of the night when your long on strife
And it?s right then, when everyone?s wishing for change
When everyday you?re a frame but the paintings the same
And it?s right then, when I?m reaching out for something
Tired of working retail, for next to nothing
And my check after taxes, amounts to crumbs
And being damn near broke wont get me over the hump

Chorus 2x

Verse 3

I can?t let fear overshadow all that I do
Which is write songs that cut to the heart of you
I can?t let anger be more than inspiration
I can?t hold to these feelings of degredation
I can?t let life pull ahead and take me for a ride
I gotta break the horse myself, but not my stride
I can?t let myself fall back, and drift to those times
Cause I don?t wanna look in the mirror and see those eyes

Chorus 4x