Oh, Natalie, you and I are such a mess, sister. This is definitely the song that should’ve been drifting around on TikTok, we are the encapsulation of “I am tired, I am sad, there is too little and too much that I can feel right now.” When you proclaim to me “And at night I just lay down and cry!” I can feel my heart echoing the same tune. The slide guitar is lulling me through this song, and if I relax my shoulders a little, hopefully it will carry me away. When you say “I got a case of the empties,” I wish I could kiss your cheek and hold you to me. We want something to believe, and I believe in you. I have always believed in you, even when there were other things to believe in, even when there was nothing to believe in. Somehow Natalie is telling me to hold on, do you hear it too? There is too much to do just to sit here. “Nobody’s gonna love you the same way,” ain’t that the truth. Is it God or is it the trees? Is it you? What do you believe, tell me.

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