Easy Come

An original poem/song. Penned 9.11.19

You walked right in, and took your place

Settled into a space I didn’t create

You showed me yours so I showed you mine

Now you’ve up and left me far behind

The idea I wanted to portray was the reality of not choosing who comes into your life. Sometimes you’re not looking and someone suddenly becomes very important to you. You share everything with each other; the next moment they’re gone, leaving you in a dazed confusion.

I wrote these lyrics as I walked Bella one summer day. Walking Bella gives me a lot of time to think. Sometimes I pull out my phone and hum a tune. Other times I turn a phrase over and over in my head, whispering it to myself until I like the way it sounds. I must seem like a crazy person as I walk around the block, half dragged by my energetic puppy. She doesn’t care if I’m mid-thought as she squats to poop.

Easy come, hard to let go

Feels like you’re near, it’s only shadow

Smile on my lips can’t reflect my heart

It doesn’t feel right to be apart, to be apart

This portion is fairly self-explanatory. I wanted a play on the phrase ‘easy come, easy go’. Some things in life appear effortlessly and are so very difficult to let go. I think of people who were considered my best friends and how we can hardly remember when we became ‘best friends’. It happened so naturally. How can something so effortless become something so negligible?

Whispered breath, penny for a thought

No need to hide, be honest please, you probably forgot

On good days I can forget us too

All other days it’s only you

These aren’t the original lyrics. We came upon this version of the lyrics as we worked in the studio. The original words were similar, but the second line had nothing to do with hiding. Sadly, I can’t find the original lyrics anymore. They’ve disappeared into the interwebs in some chat or another. My favorite lines are the ones speaking about being forgotten and forgetting. It was an intentional jab at a person’s bad memory and an almost snarky response of “well if you can forget me so easily, don’t worry I’ll forget you just as quickly”. But the reality of it is it’s never so easy to forget someone who has meant quite a lot to you.