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The Way Back

from The Way Back by Asher Baker

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Mental health is a fickle beast. Some days, you can be on top of the world, cautiously optimistic, or very close to your best friends. Other days, you can be high and lonesome, easily irritable, or paranoid - oftentimes for no good reason.

The Way Back deals with these internal struggles and how they frame the world we live in. Following nervous breakdowns and 10-round fights with depression, it is very easy to give up and wash away with the tide - but with the right actions, unwavering fortitude, self-discipline, and knowing when to ask for help, the hero can return.

Once you've visited the underworld, you never forget the way back.

lyrics

I’ve got depression,
At least, that’s what my lover says,
The problem is, I need to work
So I can pay the rent.
I’ve felt regression,
A strange, synthetic thing
That breaks the news that you’re no longer
The young hero in the songs you sing.
I could sit here, remembering the times,
The needle’s crackle as we sang out every line,
But those optimistic songs were penned
By younger, better, different men and
These days, I can’t find the time.

Growing old, and giving in
Shouldn’t mean the same thing,
Youth is wasted on the young,
The songs we sang went on and on,
I’m trying to get better
With the devil on my side,
It’s hard not being bitter
When your friends leave you behind.

We don’t get boring,
Sometimes, people just get jobs
When it’s no longer about parties,
It’s about the ones you love.
Spent our nights touring,
Wishing we could go back
To when “Walk It Off” meant something else,
Before it showed us what we lack.

Growing old, and giving in
Shouldn’t mean the same thing,
Youth is wasted on the young,
The songs we sang went on and on,
Taking risks, and asking questions,
Finding God, or learning lessons,
Snatching victory
In battles you can’t win.

I’ve got depression,
At least, that’s what my lover said
As we listened to the needle skip,
Our frozen hands no sense to grip,
We buckled up, and kept walking.

credits

from The Way Back, released September 2, 2016
Asher Baker - Vocals, Lyrics, Guitar
James Routh - Guitar, Bass Guitar
Luke Hesketh - Drums
Rosaleen Morshead - Viola, Piano
David Bird - Backing Vocals
Kelsey Beth-Crossley - Backing Vocals
Jemma Rodgers - Backing Vocals

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