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Wednesdays

from NJ EP (Demo B sides) by Jimothy

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This is a hard song, it's not meant to be about any specific sort of addiction. I had in mind a few, but it's like when we get really stressed or depressed we tend to turn to negative and self-destructive coping methods. For some people that's alcohol, pornography, drugs, cutting, starving yourself...for others, our addictions are not so destructive...I think everyone stress-eats from time to time, and once in a while that's not a big deal. Watching tv or playing a video game when stress can be escapist, just like drugs, or it can be the smartest way to settle down, depending...

Anyway, the point of the song is obviously not "what is James' addiction?" (And no, it's not drugs) I'm a writer, not all my songs are about me and I usually conflate multiple people into one song. It's about having grace for others, and being honest about the fact that most of us are not always okay. And that the nature of addiction is that it's not every day...it's what we do when we can't handle things. That realization was the inspiration for the song.

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Wednesdays

I'm not an addict except on Wednesdays
Cuz that's the worst day of the week
Self-medication for all my failings
Better than the killing pills the doctor gives

I--know I will die--on a Wednesday
I--know we're all addicts in the end
Balance, you gotta hold your head up high
You've gotta hold onto something
When you're this scared of heights

Don't worry, I'll be fine tomorrow
By then I'll put out the flames
You deserve much better than me
Get away, I'm just not ready

I'm not insane except on Wednesdays
Cuz that's the day it always rains
Rain, clean my hands, clean my lungs out
Cuz I never want to do this thing again
I never want to do this stupid thing again

I'm not a saint except on Thursdays
Cuz that's the day I always pray
God, how I've changed, I'm not ok
I don't want to ever see this place again
Don't let me ever see this place again

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from NJ EP (Demo B sides), released March 22, 2011

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Indie-folk Acoustic Singer-Songwriter Multilingual World Traveler Music That is Sometimes to God, and sometimes not.

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