So.. I'm doing a bit of a fundraiser which you can read all about by going to https://www.gofundme.com/bitterwords

In order to promote the channel I'm putting everything Fundraiser related, I am going to be making a few covers which I'll be uploading here and in a couple other places.

So, if you would be so kind, I ask that you please go over to the Bitter Words From Better Days Channel: (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB92b1cpYawHr12M-hVu5Eg) and check it out. I have a lot of cool music over there for your enjoyment and hopefully we can get my fundraiser some traction.

For info on the fundraiser, go to https://www.gofundme.com/bitterwords

Now for this video.

This is a cover of the very popular song Airplanes. I always felt that the original and the second version of this song lacked desperation. Needing a lucky break so badly that even airplanes seem like good substitutes for stars is not a sentiment carried in any of the verses I've heard on any version.. so I made my own. Singing the chorus is my supertalented wife and this song was put together and produced by my very good friend Brandon Mullin.

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And finally, do you guys want lyrics? Here they are:

The sound of rain interrupts turbulent dreams
Droplets of rain dance in the city beams
Despite the hour and as the city sleeps,
Lightning and Lighting fight for supremacy.
And yet the sky’s black, an opaque drapery,
Curtains for stageshows cover everything.
The backdrop frames the scene rather stunningly.
Obscuring both the moon and the stars from me.

And it’s a shame you see,
Because tonight I needed company.
Maybe I hoped that the night would be comforting,
Celestial sights lifting this weight I feel.
Hoping that maybe this one dream was real.
Tears are running still.
I’ve been told all wounds were meant to heal.
But I worry these ones never will.
I just can’t deal.
So I desperately look for an appeal.

[chorus]

My options are weighed on defective scales,
Twice calibrated, yet errors prevail.
Kind of familiar, I guess I relate
Machines made for failure are seldom made great.
Should I just end it all? The coward’s mistake?
Or go see a doctor? Be told to medicate?
I hesitate,
I doubt.  I fear. I wait.

Meanwhile, life passes me by.
The colors are there but they’re dull to my eye,
Muted songs can be heard, that I can’t deny
But they’ve lost all the tones on which I once relied.
The meter seems off, this ink will not dry.
I’m trying to smile but I come up just shy.
And I can’t justify, every lie, every cry,
Every friend pushed away
And that’s why.