I wrote this lyric when I was in a particularly foul mood one day, thinking about a band that I had been forced out of (my own).
I wrote this as a response to a song called "Over and Over" that my former bandmate (with whom I have mended fences) wrote about me, years earlier when he thought that I had forced him out of another band that we were in together. (Some of the lines are direct responses to lines in his song.)
We are once again very good friends. But now we know better than to play together.
No music for this one yet. But I just dug it up and am thinking about maybe writing some.
Or, maybe a collab?
“Over and Over, Again and Again”
If I broke your wings or bound your feet
You snapped my spine in two
It’s over and over, again and again
I guess it’s never through with you
Now I’ve felt your pain and I’ve felt your wrath
And I hope that you feel better
But are these halos still intact?
And did our friendship matter?
I’m easily swapped, it’s easily proved
I guess you showed who’s who
I’m pushed under and under again and again
I guess it’s never through with you
You said it was a tete a tete
And I hope you think you won
But are our halos still intact?
And are you happy that I’m gone?
Soaring high with a broken halo
Are you happy now?
Reach new heights on mended wings
Yeah, are you happy now?
I guess you really showed me how.
You just assumed that you’d grab the reins
And I’d be your number two
Pulling back and pushing forth
I guess it’s never through with you
I had no binds and I had no need to ever hold you back
I guess you guessed that you knew better
But don’t tell me who I am
Soaring high with a broken halo
Are you happy now?
Reach new heights on mended wings
Yeah, are you happy now?
I guess you really showed me how.
It’s over and over, again and again…
©2007 Todd Leiter-Weintraub