the air is clear.

I'm home! My momma is reading and my cat's out on the back porch roasting in the sun and my dad's riding his motorcycle through Mount Diablo. Everything is right in the world.

Also, leave it to pop lyrics to perfectly convey my feelings at the present moment. Interesting how something I thought was complicated can be summed up in a simple verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus framework played in four beats per measure. Oh, Kelly Clarkson. Oh, women everywhere.

It seems you can't hear me
When I open my mouth you never listen
You say stay, but what does that mean?
Do you think I honestly want to be reminded forever

Don't waste your time trying to fix
What I want to erase
What I need to forget
Don't waste your time on me my friend
Friend, what does that even mean?

I don't want your hand
You'll only pull me down
So save your breath
Don't waste your song
On me, on me
Don't waste your time

It's not easy not answering
Every time I want to talk to you
But I can't
If you only knew the hell I put myself through
Replaying memories in my head of you and I
Every night

You're callin'
You're talkin'
You're tryin'
Tryin' to get in
But it's over, it's over, it's over