Since I'm new here I'll start at the beginning. For context: After a major and unexpected life change I found myself moving from a house I had once shared with someone to a tiny apartment above a weed dispensary. And for the first time in my adult life, I was completely alone. I had a decent job luckily, so in that regard I was ok, but that didn't help with what the doctors called "severe depression."

My boss at the time was an awful drunk that had recently aquired his 7th drunk driving and was well on his way to the 8th. I was thinking about him and his wife and how some aspects of our lives paralleled as I picked up my guitar and wrote this song.

I hadn't written anything in about a decade and this song opened the floodgates leading to hundreds more. Each lyric giving me a chance to squeeze a little pain out of my mind and into the world to be chewed up by anyone listening. Music has quite literally saved me.

https://wavlake.com/track/80dd2ea5-7c7b-4a5a-a7ef-9d325e4d9589

The female voice you'll here is my friend Cole Hansen who also has music up on WavLake.

#wavlake #music #originalmusic #colehansen #natejohnivan #spacereggae

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Thanks for sharing this Nate.

I’ve been going through a major life change myself. 2 years ago I found myself getting a divorce from my wife that I’ve been with since I was 16 and I’m 35 now. I now find myself navigating life as a single adult for the first time and it’s been extremely hard at times but music like yours has really helped me along the way.

It really helps with processing the emotions and also helps as a distraction when it’s all too much.

I never would have found your music if not for you releasing it Value4Value and your not only one of my favorite V4V artist but one of my favorites of all time.

I’ll always be a fan and try to help your music reach more people because maybe it will help them also. 🫡