Therapy Session
The Story Behind The Song
I wrote this song during a time in my life where I was struggling mentally. I needed help, and I was aware of it, but I felt like there was no hope towards remission. I recalled a time in which I took a nap, and slept through my therapy session. I found it ironic that I found it easy to sleep, when I was supposed to dedicate time towards getting better, and so, I wrote a song about it:
The lyrics of the chorus represent the ways my intrusive thoughts and irrational obsessions materialize themselves in my dreams, making my sleeping patterns abnormal. I tend to use sleep as an escape from my brain during the day, and then I have trouble sleeping at night. Even then, my fears find a way to haunt me through my subconscious, which then gives me anxiety when I awake.
Credits
Performed by Ren McLean
Lyrics and Music by Lauren McLean
Co-Produced by Ren McLean, Johnny Cummings, and Kerri Martin
Mixed and Mastered by Sam Polizzi
“The wind of my dreams, bites at my knees...”
Therapy Session: Music, Lyrics and Sound Recording are © 2022, All Rights Reserved.
Lyrics
Woke at a quarter to three
Head drowned in voices of dark
They'll pick my bones til they're clean
And leave what's worthless to rot
I'll play til I feel at ease
All for the sake of good art
Put pen to page hesitantly
Cause ink won't erase once it's drawn
The wind of my dreams
Bites at my knees
Cold and dry as a cry for redemption
The fiends of the lake
Keep me awake
But I slept through my therapy session
What does that make of me
(Ee)
(Ee)
Veins shriveled up in steam
Organs turned inside out
Drained the pool of self esteem
And flooded my fields of doubt
The wind of my dreams
Bites at my knees
Cold and dry as a cry for redemption
The fiends of the lake
Keep me awake
But I slept through my therapy session
What does that make of me
If I can’t set myself free
La da da da
La da da da da
La da da da
Da da da
Da da da
The wind of my dreams
Bites at my knees
Cold and dry as a cry for redemption
The fiends of the lake
Keep me awake
But I slept through my therapy session
What does that make of me
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La da da da
Da da da
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