Just get through today

They say

Just get through today

They have said it for months/years

In hospital I heard it

Like a needle jump

On vinyl

Rerecord not fade away

J-j-just get through today

Teeth chattering

Blood spattered

In the bath water

I love to think you couldn't love another

I can't help it

Just get through today

I count the ways

To get through today

Writing, breathing, believing

There is meaning

To my life

Replaying these words

Like a mantra

Songs from long ago

Press pause

And the lyrics go

Oh oh oh

Just get through todaaaaaaaaaay

I sound cray-cray

I know the score

Disconnect reconnect

Just get through today

Stuck on repeat

On vinyl sheets

Another needle jumps

I slump into bed

And I sleep