neurodivergence & back problems

by Robbie Simmons

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Daniel de Jesús Wow!!! Robbie, your song JWLU got me!!! So beautiful and poignant. Love your songs!!!
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1.
The Meltdown Dance 02:15
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Over stimulated Everything’s moving so fast around me Everybody’s got questions That dancer’s crying cuz it’s raining Just take it all on no matter the cost Just gotta push through But at the end of the day, what did I do? I walked in a circle It’s the end of a long day You can walk in circles But it won’t change anything It’s the end of a long day You can walk in circles and it won’t change anything I can’t find my shoes, I can’t find my shoes That’s a good enough reason to Meltdown in the morning Yeah where are my shoes? He’s got the blues, he’s got the blues Just another professional Misdiagnosis while I’m all Where the fuck are my shoes? And at the end of the day What did I do? (What did he do?) I walked in a circle It’s the end of a long day You can walk in circles But it won’t change anything It’s the end of a long day You can walk in circles and it won’t change anything
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Like Always 02:36
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I’m getting out the burn book today What kind of nonsense do I have to say? Friends so rarely act as friendly As they say they will be I’ll fall apart like I always do And you’ll get what you want But empty space will always divide us There’s a bridge of smoldering ash between us You can’t communicate anything A little money must mean nothing So I’ll just set the bridge on fire like always, like always I’ve set a lot of fire in my day Sometimes you just don’t need to hear what people have to say Family won’t always be there Like they say they will be I cut em out like I always do Yeah I get what I want I didn’t think about anyone dying With a bridge of smoldering ash between us I can’t communicate anything Thoughts and prayers from me would mean nothing So I’ll just set the bridge on fire like always, like always
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JWLU 02:33
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I cannot fingerpick guitar I do not have those motor skills I guess I'll never play that Brandi Carlile song that I want to sing to you I cannot decipher many sounds Can't handle too much noise at once I guess I'll always have to be asking you to repeat yourself But I'm trying, I'm trying to listen I always want to hear you I cannot focus for too long Got distracted just writing this song I guess we all might have to acknowledge that something might be very wrong I do not really know who I am I cannot figure out what I want I guess my head is just as hollow as the side the heart ain't on But I'm trying, I'm trying to love you I don't want to lose you I remember when you first said it on your bed in Massachusetts, I still just wanna love you And that cold night in December with our friends in Philadelphia, I still just wanna love you I just wanna love you I just wanna love you I am not good at many things Could probably count them on one hand I guess what I am saying is that I just want to know myself And I'm trying, I'm trying to be here I just want to love you
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Staring @ the Floor 02:00
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I’m staring at my phone I’m staring at the wall I’m staring at the TV I’m staring at the floor I should be out the door What am I waiting for? You surely expected more But I’m still staring at the floor After years of denying it It’s time to accept That neurodivergence and back problems Are just part of who I am Well, I’m constantly in pain And constantly confused But I can walk the dog, I can grocery shop Then I can spin out til I’m blue I used to think I was a serious person I used to think I could do anything I want I used to think if I just tried harder Things would get better, things would get better I used to think things would get better

about

this is a short EP, a small snapshot of me in the Fall of 2023.

my dear friend and past collaborator Emily Mineo reached out about rejoining a songwriting group she curates occasionally, and as I had time and energy I joined. the premise of the group is to write one song per week using a prompt line given to the group weekly. i wrote 5 new songs in 5 weeks and, after that, with a little less than 3 weeks until I began a new job, I set to produce, record, mix and master the record.

just for fun, I've put the original lyric prompts on the song pages here on bandcamp, for anyone that may be interested (and that could be no one!)

if you're still reading, I appreciate you. thank you so much. I hope these songs mean something to you, they mean a lot to me.

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released January 23, 2024

written, produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by robbie simmons

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