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27 Years​/​Everything is Gonna Be OK!

by Dan Vallerand

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27 Years 03:45
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27 years? Feels like I've lived longer than that I've felt and seen so many different things And I outdid all of my expectations Cuz part of me says I shoulda bit it long ago But I've lived longer than I thought I would And I've loved more than I thought I could 27 years Gives me so much to think about... Where am I going next? What could I be doing now? And why aren't I moving forward like I know I should be Life can be seen as tougher if you're an old soul like me Still I've lived longer than I thought I would And I've loved more than I thought I could 27 years Oh, it fills me with such an anxiety Trying to fit the right pieces On to life's chessboard Without going into check versus my own mind And I've lived longer than I thought I would And I've loved more than I thought I could And I've done more than I thought I'd do And I've learned more than I thought I'd ever knew And I will not give up the fight And I will not give up the fight And I will not give up the fight...
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Everything is Gonna Be OK! 03:30
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Another morning's come Another breakfast's on my plate It's the start of a brand new day, oh Time's reset itself And today I feel like I can make it I can do better than yesterday, oh So what's the point in always feeling low? What's the use in always feeling down? Everything's gonna be okay, hey My batteries are recharged I'm in better spirits And I'm not letting the man steam roll me today I'm not gonna give in The skies are blue for a reason Whatever my purpose is, I know I can fulfill it So what's the point in always feeling doubt? What's the use in always feeling beat? Everything's gonna be okay, hey The message is clear I'm gonna strap on my boots and face it Cuz I control my own destiny It's up to me I'm gonna dive bomb straight into the sun And it's gonna be great, it's gonna be great Oh, what's the point in always feeling alone? What's the use in always feeling afraid? Everything's gonna be okay

about

I hadn't released anything original in my usual format since summer 2012. It was a long five years. In that time I got an actual paying job, released my first collection of reinterpretations of friends' songs, formed a band, gained confidence, lost a band, lost my confidence, suffered an emotional and musical burnout, came back out of a burnout March 2016, began writing new songs and gradually getting back into the local music scene, forced myself to release projects I had been working on for two to three years, got nominated for and then won a MAMA award, gained confidence again, begun playing restaurants and even got out of the Valley a little, and dealt with a very large amount of emotional baggage, issues, heartbreaks, disappointments, and small personal victories here and there in the interim. During that time recording stuff at home also terrified me greatly. The equipment would sit there... untouched, unused, but all ready to go day after day, and I would just cringe with terrible anxiety about recording in general.

Then came 2017, a year filled with snowballing personal issues, most importantly dealing with moving back in with my parents because the rent got too expensive. I found it critically embarrassing, having grown up being self-sustaining, and it took a full year to fully move forward from it. Three months into having moved back though, I had an existential quarter-life crisis that birthed the A-side, "27 Years" - a song reflecting on growing older, yet feeling stuck in life in an unchanging Groundhog Day scenario. Finally feeling inspired enough, I hit record...

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released July 15, 2017

All songs written and performed by Dan Vallerand. Recorded at Dan's House during the weeks of July 3rd and July 10th, 2017.

Cover photo by Jack-Patrick Pruit.

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