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I Hope You're Happy

from Happy Now? by Derek Brink

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For being essentially the title track, this one came together late in the process. It wasn't LAST or anything, but it was far from the first thing I wrote for the project. But once I had it, I knew it was an opening track. Even though balanced against the rest of the album, it'd kinda work as a closing too...sort of as "after all THIS...nevertheless, I hope you're happy." But I like it as an opener. It sets an upbeat tone.

The song, of course, is a "lost love" type of song. But it's one where you wish the other person well. Which there isn't much of on the rest of the album. Or on the other album coming out the same day. This is pretty much the one spot of well-wishing on the project. And it feels good to start there. In tone it's sorta GBV meets Bob Mould...which is actually probably a fair summary of my overall career, if you throw in some Who as a mixer...

This one's simple. It's fun. And it does absolutely nothing to prepare you for what follows. :)

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Now and then
I get that same old feeling again.
Walking around like I don’t even know me.
What can I do?
Of course I’m thinking of you
and all the good things you could never show me.

When I think back on it,
it all kinda sounds like shit,
except for all the times when you were laughing.
So I hope you’re okay
and that you stay that way.
May the love you have be everlasting.

And I hope that you’re so happy now.

So here’s to you, here’s to me
and to all we used to be.
Here’s to everything that we take with us.
Here’s to good. Here’s to bad.
And to everything we had.
May the road rise to meet and forgive us.

And I hope that you’re so happy now.

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from Happy Now?, released May 29, 2021

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