The Widower's Ballad

(Casey Hartley)

A song about loss, but the connotations of loss and the roller coaster of emotions surrounding this loss rather than the literal story. The person felt a sense of belonging with this person/thing (left to the listener to interpret who/what they believe the song is addressing) and the sense of failure and purposeless they feel now it is gone.

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And I cut all my arms to be with you
And I spent all the money I own
I looked up to the sky and I saw you
And thought f**k I might not be alone

Because when I was ten I was happy
I was playing with kids my own age
But now all I am is a heartbeat
Gone in the turn of a page

I know that I’ve built us an empire
But now I’m stuck with this s**t I don’t want
It was you who could handle the pressure
I just crack like I always have done

Once a disappointment
Always one

But twice a failure
And I’ll be gone

The shade it just hides us from shadows
What is real and what’s in our mind
It’s a terrible place to be stuck when you’re faced
With the answers you can’t seem to find

I love you I’ve always loved you
But I hate myself I can’t put into words
Is it funny I smile when I’m being a child
Don’t cry when I’m laughing it hurts

To be told you are trouble won’t matter
But to be boring now that is a sin
So we’ll dress up and mess up the bars one by one
When we’re sober we’ll turn ourselves in 

Once a disappointment
Always one

But twice a failure
And I’ll be gone

The city I live in won’t sleep well
When you’re leaving it lonely tonight
And so I will join as the angels rejoice
Then be lost for the rest of the night

I’d sell my soul just to see you smiling
If I got to keep it and bottle it up
And in the rains I would scream to the heavens
Is this love? Tell me..is this love?

Because you, you weren’t made for this hellhole
The darkness was leading you blind
But me I was made to be living
Just empty with you on my mind
© Casey Hartley 2019