The Wallows (by Deb Seymour & Todd Lawrence) #hope #overcoming #darkfolk
"The Wallows" is a powerful song that explores themes of depression, being stuck, fate, and finding the golden thread to get unstuck.
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#gettinunstuck
#overcomingobstacles
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The Wallows
(Deb Seymour & Todd Lawrence)
Life was crusin’ on easy street
Until your wheel of fortune got stuck
You thought it was just a glitch
A hitch in your good luck
Then down came the avalanche
And all the pain that follows
The next thing you know
They’ve laid you deep down in The Wallows
Who said life was supposed to be fair
God laughs everytime you plan
You thought you had it all mapped out
Lines drawn spic and span
But times got tough, they coiled you up
Like a snake before it swallows
And the cruel, cruel joke is you’ve begun to choke
Face-down in The Wallows
So welcome, bud, into the tar and mud
I suppose it all feels grim
Being stuck in the holy muck
Maybe you’d best learn to swim
But when you think about the journey out
Some part of you just hollows
So you acquiesce to your own distress
Neck-deep in the Wallows
Depression and discomfort
Are now your closet friends
That melancholy baby
Has got you up on end
But misery loves company
Your now flesh and bone
When you’re in The Wallows, babe
You’re never quite alone
So welcome, bud, into the tar and mud
I suppose it all feels grim
Being stuck in the holy muck
Maybe you’d best learn to swim
But all your fears are muscled up
And flexing like Apollo’s
You feel so small that you toss it all
To the mercy of the Wallows
The Wallows are addictive
Primed to keep you pinned
The could-haves and the should-haves
Leave you twisting in the wind
But faith leaves a golden thread
In the darkest pit
It’s your call to rise or fall
What will you make of it?
Welcome, friend, to the bitter end
Tell me what’s is going to be?
Will you walk the first, hard mile
Or drown in misery
It’s the same for everyone, everywhere
From Seattle to Sao Paulo
No soul’s alive to big to dive
Into the deep-end of the Wallows
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The Wallows
Copyright 2022/2024 by Deb Seymour (Herkimer Productions) & Todd Lawrence
(Binderville Music). From Deb Seymour’s 2024 album “Sometimes You Gotta Wear Boots”