My Music & Works
Rob Chapman's Music
I wrote this song because I was an angsty, frustrated, ignorant teenager. My family moved cross-country back in 2004, from B.C. to probably the booniest part of Nova Scotia. I didn't exactly handle the culture shock well. And I did a pretty terrible job of making a new start. I heavily regret having written this, in hindsight, but I'm not going to not post a part of this album just because of that. Musically, I don't dislike it at all. It's just the lyrics, and specifically, who they were written about that I'm irritated at myself for.
Lyrically, I feel like this could easily be a Staind song. It reminds me a lot of Break The Cycle. Hopefully I'm not the only one who draws that comparison. Musically, I think this was inspired partly by an Amanda Marshall tune. Hope you enjoy.
About This Song:
Overdue
[Lyrics]
This is really as far back as I can remember
Watching my whole world roll away
In the cold reflection of a rear view mirror
Had to start over my life as of that day
Pulling off to a home that I had never been
Scared to step and to touch the ground
Giving up what little I had left of my past
Like I wanted to end up homeward bound
Ripped from security,
And cast into unknown
Did it occur to you
That you destroyed my home?
I never wanted anything to do
With your plans
But you put your foot down,
And you ruined my life again
Couple years have passed and I'm still stuck in this hell
All alone I lay screaming, screaming
Every time that I stated my feelings
You made me regret that I came to you for help
No, I never considered that it was hard on you too
And that's because we all moved milestones for you
It's taken me til now to even begin to fit in
And you don't care that everybody pushes me around
Ripped from what I understand
And questioning what I know
It never occurred to me
That I've never felt at home
I always wonder about
The selflessness of your plans
So hard to swallow
But I acknowledge all of your demands
I'm sorry that I was so angry,
I'm sorry that I was so cold
But you didn't know that I was bleeding
You didn't know that I was lost and alone