The Hepburns

Bad Before

Album: Seagulls On A Frozen Lake [Feat. Estella Rosa] [2022]
Author: Matthew David Jones © Elefant Publishing

Old age doesn’t come alone, it has light-fingered friends

Pieces of you disappear long before it all ends

Now your grandson’s getting taller

But your life is getting smaller

And you try to be prepared but all you can be is scared

 

It was bad before but it’s much worse now

 

The Bermans and The Byrons by your age were long gone

They knew how to live their life and they knew when it was done

Now your grandson’s getting taller

But your life is getting smaller

You shared your troubles with those who cared

But a problem shared was a problem squared

 

It was bad before but it’s much worse now

 

I became you in a pronoun switcheroo

Where truth and beauty are concerned

Well, it seems somewhat askew

You wish that you could take things into your own hands

But you’ve taken yourself hostage

Given in to your own demands