In the Meantime
(capo 2, key of D)

I had no concrete reason for writing this song. It came about on a whim as I was listening to a pew full of Daves (literally) sharing their troubles one morning before work. Within these four minutes, a few of my favorite singing moments on Bookmark occur (“…I’m just a stepchild in an otherwise guiiiiiilllllty room…”). Producer Andrew seemed to like the effect of me sitting alone in a cold room belting out this song into a couple of sympathetic mics bearing the brunt of all those “mean times”. Although I look very forward to recording a more polished studio version, I do like this take - although I have no business singing in the key – for its emotionally visceral performance.

you’re a pew full of days
and you see the mess I’ve made
I never knew you girl
without the weight of the world

I’ve gone and changed my mind
for the final, hundredth time
what good are these defenses
if love is so relentless

you can change your mind
in the twinkling of an eye
you can change your heart
in the meantime

you learn to win and you learn to lose some
but this has the trappings of a new one
you never finish what you started
love’s just a word that’s been outsmarted

so, who am I to blame you
I’m just a stepchild in an otherwise guilty room
I barely even recognize myself
now I’m a second-rate loser who looks like somebody else

you can change your mind
in the twinkling of an eye
you can change your heart
in the meantime, in the meantime

in the meantime

you can change your mind
you can change your heart
in the meantime...