SnowBanks (feat. tabita rotondi) [Live at Richland Center High School / Feb. 2020]

Guess who's back
Uhh
So for our second song tonight
I'm going to be aided by the talented Tabi
On a song called "SnowBanks"
And basically, the premise of this song is childhood nostalgia
Because who doesn't miss their childhood?
So
Hope you guys enjoy this

Past month 11, stranger things (Oooo)
After fall, before the spring (Oooo)
Young and fun, do anything (Oooh)
Now I'm grown up, how can it be? (Oooh)
(Oooh)
Who would've thought after all the times I'd explore (Oooh)
I'd be stuck up in the floor
Seeming to need more (Oooh)
Playing a keyboard
With feelings that he poured cause
This makes me scream Lord (Oooo)
"Is this an evil scheme or...?"
Is it my own admission? (Oooo)
Now I don't wanna seem sappy (Oooo)
It's just that it's easy to smile (Yeah)
But it's harder to be happy
Wish I could take a time machine back, so an adult I could finally know
How I used to find bliss, without music like this (Oooh)
Just let my cares go, laying in the snow

Now I'm laying in the snow
Just thinking about my life
Tryna let my cares go
But my thoughts are too loud
(Man it sucks)
All I can think of
Are the hurt and my pain
Things I lost along the way
Left behind in my past
Now I'm here by myself
Feeling kinda down
Don't know how to cope
Overthinking everything
(Man it sucks)
All that I ask
Is some peace for my soul
While I'm laying here alone
Drowning thoughts in the snow

Now I remember when I would go out at recess and see all the snow plowed to the grass line
My friends and I would go out on so many adventures (Oooh)
Power Rangers, Dragons 'til class time
Now I guess I'm already in all of this debt? (Oooh)
As a senior, I'm not even in college for another few months
Can't go back, it was what it was
Thought I was strong like a mighty oak, now I'm too stumped (Oooo)
Got to give the government credit though (Oooo)
Don't start
Cause I'm being literal (Yeah)
Gonna die broke like Mozart (Oooh)
That's classical, quite interesting (Oooh)
Did you get the joke, too time investing? (Oooh)
You know what? Just doesn't matter anymore
Time to grow older and see what is in store

Now I'm laying in the snow
Just thinking 'bout my life
Tryna let my cares go
Feeling broken inside
(Man it sucks)
Is it too much to ask
For some peace for my soul
While I'm laying here alone
Getting lost in the snow?

(Ooo, ooo, ooo)
Take me back, take me back, take me back
How can I feel guilty saying that?
How can I feel guilty saying that?!
(Oooh)
C'mon man, that's what you wanted the most!
Maybe it's time to move on
I've been nostalgic for too long
Time to work on a new song (Oooo)
I've been nostalgic for too long!

Now I'm moving out, house is bare
Cleaning out my closet, where's my snare? (Oooh)
There
I remember so much
But now I don't seem to care
Back then the lights were on
Mom says it's time for me to rest (Oooh)
Instead, I'm up all night
Listening to "Bennie and the Jets"
Look for something, but nothing!
Who needs a rhyme anymore?
But then there's a glisten of hope
A snowflake fell, couldn't grasp what I was seeing
I had my head in the clouds too long, I gasp at the sight
It was so relieving
I never had faith for the aether
Or something to truly believe in (Oooh)
But now I know that snow angels can really defeat the cold-hearted demons

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oohhh, oohhh
Oh, oohhh, oh, oohhh