This Is Not My Sky

Though you would not know it to look at me these days, I used to suffer from bipolar disorder. And I do mean suffer. It landed me in the hospital a few times with suicidal depression mixed with manic tendencies to do everything in a big way. The mania often spurred the creative process and I accomplished some great art in spite of often feeling out of control.

But those days are well behind me now, thanks to meds and some great doctors and therapists. Being human, however, I'm still subject to the occasional incidental depression now and then. I'm not sure what brought on the depression that led to he following lyrics, but I did snap out of it eventually. While that grey cloud hung over me, I realized that it was just not like me anymore to feel this way. So I wrote this song, which you can listen to at http://iacmusic.com/artist.aspx?id=128691

Someone Else's Sky

This must be someone else's sky
Cuz mine is blue
This must be someone else's love
Cuz mine is true
And as I look up to the rain
Can't help but wonder why
I'm under someone else's
Someone else's sky

This must be someone else's tale
Cuz mine ends good
In mine the hero doesn't fail
Although he could
But when the princess never shows
And the heroes don't prevail
This must be someone else's
Someone else's tale

These are not my tears
Falling from these red eyes
I know how it appears
But heroes never cry

This is not my brain
Cuz mine works well
This is mot my fate
To go through hell
It is way too late
To psychoanalyze
But this is not my
This is not my sky