I'm Afraid The Song Is Broken

I’m afraid the song is broken
it cannot be repaired
it used to be there was a sort of magic there
it moved like a body
not like a machine
I’m afraid I have broken a dream

This is not the first time all the light has fallen out
the red pen, the eraser, the scissors, the doubt
chiseling away at a living sound
and now my song is lying on the ground

I tried so hard and so long
I asked too much from one song
but when the light falls out, the magic does too
trying’s the one thing I know how to do

like you and like me a song can get tired
there’s a downside to being a really good tryer
you wear out you loved ones, you wear out your friends
this time let’s try not trying again

In Florence there’s a statue that Michelangelo
tossed out into his yard
he broke it apart and threw it away
a frustrated day

so hard so long
broken statues, broken songs
when the light falls out, the magic does too
trying’s the one thing I know how to do
trying is what I know how to do.

© lyrics by Cosy Sheridan, music by Cosy Sheridan and Charlie Koch 2015
Cosyns Music, BMI