Gerard O'Riley

This lyric is about my situation currently. I'm going on 3 years of living in a sober house and at 62 years old some people would find it disgraceful and sometimes I do too. There are days I'm just going out of my mind, and even though I have a job, I'm bored the tears. I asked God is this the end of the line for me, is this as Good as It gets? All I want is a sign that there's something more than this. I know I've made mistakes, but I'm trying to make things right, stay sober, and hope that I get another chance to live on my own. It's frustrating to live in a house with 25 other people even though I have my own room and can get away when I want to nonetheless, to live like this is very sobering, but it also is not reality. I long for that opportunity to have the independence again.

A lyric about facing your toughest storm and begging for mercy; you cannot fight this fight anymore, so you’re giving up—throwing in the towel. You just want this heavy storm to pass.

A letter to self harm. About finally breaking free of its chains. It feels great to be sober!

A song about paranoia. Have you ever been paranoid? Then you know about cameras and how terrible they are. So, really, where is the safety word?

Life is a play and each of us have a role. Much like a movie, there is a begging, a middle and an end. The end brings about goodbye for characters that we fall in love with at some point.