"Grounded" genre: Indie
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	Started as a grinder, became much more radio friendly once in the studio. This song is written from the perspective of a homeless person, drug addict, who has given up on the world. Perhaps paralleling a mental illness. Falling through the cracks the individual tries everything to stay grounded.
	CD: The Demo Sessions   Label: Fishy Tunes Credits: Music and Lyrics: Paul Elliston, Producer: Jason Gordon and Paul Elliston, Studio: Studio 11
	Story Behind the Song The music came way before the words. I was playing this in rehearsals for a year and then on stage for a year before even thinking of writing down a word. The sentiment seemed to flow out each night, re-writing itself in my head. This continued over and over until I found I was using the same basic story structures each night... so I wrote it down. Man were they messed up - and strangely I've never done drugs, I'm not even sure what kind of pill a blue pill would be! About 6 months before this recording it was decided to dump a verse, to make the song shorter and more approachable. Original live recordings went as long as 7 minutes! Lyrics Grounded I don't dream any longer. What do you say about that? They promise salvation. All it takes is a coin in the hat. Can you tell me. how to find a way out I suffer delusions, the kind that make me scream and shout I don't dream any longer. I don't care anymore! I don't see any further. No direction home. And now I spend my time, sleeping under bridges. The leaves they cushion my head. The clay it sticks to my cheek You'll never know my pain. I keep it locked deep inside. you'll never see my pain. Tears are washed away by rain rain. I don't dream any longer. I don't care anymore! I don't see any further. No direction home. And now I've found a way out. Through the comfort of pills. I take the happy blue ones. And reality rushes out. Feel the needle break through skin. Anticipate the rush. With the slightest of pressure. The plunger drives it away. I don't dream any longer. I don't care anymore! I don't see any further. No direction home.

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