A Song About Commercial Songwriting

Brother Louie, who are you …
Seem wiser than me
Talking to me in weird tongues
Words I can’t read
And I try to follow through
Always asking myself
“What does your work say about you?”

Oh, you could’ve been louder
Than I’ll ever be
Using your voice to bring
Depth in the shallowing sea
Speak from your heart
Is this really your purpose
Do you want to confuse us
Trying to forget the news
Why do you want to draw the outlines of bad tattoos

Mr. Stellar, I have doubt
I’m trying to sing along with all these people
But the words won’t come out
I’m sure we all feel the ambivalence
Escape is luxury
And it seems like that what we want
Isn’t always what the world might need

Oh, we could’ve been louder
Than I’ll ever be
Using our voice to bring
Depth in the shallowing sea
Speak from your heart
Is this really your purpose
Do you want to confuse us
Trying to forget the news
Why do you want to draw the outlines of bad tattoos

It’s not like I’m not trying to dream myself away
But balance is queen
And the urge is to speak up and use the privileges we inhale
And you can write of escape
I hope it’s just a phase and know that people change
Oh, I’ve grown so tired of modern days