Where the Light Is

Bold as Love

“Ah, so check it out right?
I've tried every approach to living, I've tried it all
I haven't tried everything, but I've tried every approach
Sometimes you have to try everything to get the approach the same, but...
I tried it all, I bought a bunch of stuff and went: "eh, I don't like that"
I kinda came in and out that a couple of times
I thought I would shut myself off
I thought maybe that's cool
Maybe that's what you have to do to be a genius, is you have to be mad
So if you can get mad before the word genius
Then maybe you can make genius appear, right?
That doesn't work either
And I'm in a good place, I've paced myself pretty well
I'm thirty forty, I've seen some cool stuff
I made a lot of stuff happen for myself
I made a lot of stuff happen for myself, right
That's a really cool sentence when you're in your 20's
’I made it happen for myself, man’
But all that means
Is that I've just somehow or another found a way to synthesize love
Or synthesize soothing
Or... You can't get that
And what I'm saying is that I've messed with all the approaches
Except for one and it's gonna sound really corny but that's just love
That's just love
I've done everything in my life that I've want to do
Except just give and feel love for my living
And I don't mean like:
Roman-candle-firework-Hollywood-hot-pink-love
I mean like: I-got-your-back-love!
I don't need to hear I love you
You guys love me, I love you
We got that down
But some of the people who will tell you that they love you
Will be the same people who will be the last to just have your back
So, I'm gonna experiment with this love-thing
Giving love
Feeling love
I know it sounds really corny
But it's the last thing I got to check out before I check out
Take me in the solo one more time
Make it loud!
Thank you!”

-John Mayer

-Tim Williams

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