Ebenezer

Carrie was talking to me about a song that I had made. She said it was good because it sounds like it's old and it's new at the same time. It sounded old, but not too old;and it sounded new, but not too new.

It was a dark and cloudy day. There was a storm brewing. I remember seeing a spigot or a fire hydrant bursting and spraying water out all over the street. There was a bunch of people including my family and a bunch of old friends of mine all gathered together. It was my birthday, but for some reason I could not join in their celebrations. I was not welcome. I think it's because I had a nervous breakdown. But all these people were like, "Well, we're all here together. We may as well have a party." Across a pond or a bayou there was a tower, like a lighthouse. I had to go around this body of water to get to it. I climb up the stairs of the lighthouse and as I get to the top, Noelle is there and she's coming down the stairs in my direction. She's not happy to see me. Everybody there is there for my birthday, but none of them are glad to see me. I tell Noelle that I love her and she's just nodding her head like, "Yeah , I know." Now everybody there is at the top of the lighthouse too and they all turn to look at me. They all stare at me. It's almost as if they enjoy how uncomfortable and awkward the situation is and they're just staring.

I was with my mom and we were watching a basketball tournament. I think we're at Jonathan's house. There are rows and rows of televisions and there's different basketball games on all of them. We're focusing on one game in particular. One of the teams is called Gainesville (instead of Florida) and the other team is some farmer team that grows tomatoes. The farmers are losing, but they're still playing really hard. They are the underdogs and they have this theme song. It's old music from the fifties, like doo-wop. They lose, but it's like Rocky or The Pistol. They're going to lose, but they're not going to stop trying. The game becomes water basketball and they're playing in a swimming pool. The game is now in black and white on the TV alongside all the other games.