This one was written with the intent of doing it as a solo song, but then I tossed it on a round of demos for the band I was in at that time, and it ended up being a band song for a while. I like the version that "The Social Gospel" was doing quite a bit and maybe some day I'll do something with that, too...but it felt like it belonged on this release.

The song itself is summed up in the opening lines and in the chorus line of "Whatever doesn't kill you might just be taking its time." I wrote this one around the same time that my college roommate passed away after a series of illnesses. I don't really think I wrote it ABOUT him, but in a lot of ways I think of it as his song. I get wrapped up in the words of this one when I sing it sometimes, especially in it's "softer" version as it's performed here. I think you can hear that toward the end of the song. You have to listen kind of close to hear me squeak out the "for" in "for-granted" toward the end.

I put this up on my YouTube channel a while back and it got some good attention. One of my college friends heard it and replied about the "whatever doesn't kill you" line as "you always make me laugh, man!" He meant it as a compliment, but I didn't like that. It's a very serious line to me. In fact, that response alone is pretty much why my writing took such a dark turn on "Ink-Stained Fingers" and "Something to Look Forward to..." I figured I'd do more to let people know I'm not always joking. So...you know...if you miss the Christian stuff, blame Chris.