Bad Time

from mostly myself again by Izzy Heltai

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“Bad Time” is about three things: Dating someone new, coming to terms with the fact that if reaching out to them is seen as an inconvenience they probably aren’t that into you, and realizing you only care because you don’t have that much else going on.
I’ve been recovering from a broken hip for the better part of this year. It’s the first time in my life I've been fundamentally stripped of the ability to do almost everything I love. I couldn’t play shows, I couldn’t bike, I couldn’t even walk for two months. Basically, overnight, I lost the majority of the healthy coping mechanisms to keep my acute anxiety and depression at bay. I was left to sit and stew on my many inadequacies, getting stoned and fixating on all the parts of my life that aren’t going as planned.

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I was surprised
When I felt like myself again
Been a few months since I woke up and felt like this
Then the day passed
I got stoned off my ass again
Feeling like shit I thought
Maybe it’s time that I
Called you back

I don’t think that you like me
All that much
If you did
I don’t think that you’d mind
When I call at a bad time
Your work life’s a mess
And mine’s
Got nothing going on

I tend to think
That I’d probably be better off
Shutting my mouth sometimes
And letting someone else talk
Maybe you let me out
To let myself hang to dry
Cause sooner or later
I’ll figure it out
What you’re putting down
You put me down

I don’t think that you like me
All that much
If you did
I don’t think that you’d mind
When I call at a bad time
Your work life’s a mess
And mine’s
Got nothing going on

I don’t think that you like me
All that much
When you left
You didn’t even say goodbye
And I know it’s a bad time
Your work lifes a mess
And I’ve
Got nothing going on
No I’ve got nothing going on

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from mostly myself again, track released August 25, 2023
Vocals, Electric Guitar - Izzy Heltai
Drums - Noah Pope
Electric guitar, Piano, Synth- William Ethan Fortenberry
Synth - Alberto Sewald
Electric bass - Sean Mchugh
Piano - Joseph Settine

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