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All My Failures

by Buick Audra

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when it takes hold, I remember
all the times I betrayed this person I am
too many others along the way

when I let go and surrender,
lost recordings, lost friendships, every lost thing
play on the screen, I can't look away

and I can't shake the fear that I'm just taking up space and . . .

all my failures keep knocking at my door
remind me who I used to be
all my failures
they gather 'round me
they know to get me all alone
they say I should have known

it's in the blood, I imagine
inherited something that owns me when I go dark
I see how it happens and takes some down

out in the sun, I can manage
all I want is to matter when I'm still here
at 3 a.m., I am not enough

and I can't shake the fear that I'm just swimming in place and . . .

all my failures keep knocking at my door
remind me who I could have been
all my failures
they mock and chide me
they know the pain that lives below
they say I should have known

what's a bad dream if it's waking?
and there's truth in the things it says about me, then what?
if there is action that needs taking
then there is truth in the fear that takes ahold when I can't sleep

all my failures keep knocking at my door
remind me who I should have been
all my failures
they still define me
they know the marrow of the bone
they say I should have known

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released April 23, 2021
TTS060

Written and produced by Buick Audra

Engineered by Buick Audra, Jerry Roe, Lex Price, Jerry Douglas, and Bryan Sutton, in and around Nashville TN

Mixed by Trina Shoemaker at Dauphin Street Sound, Mobile AL
Mastered by Dan Shike at Tone and Volume Mastering, Nashville TN

Buick Audra - guitar and vocals
Jerry Douglas - dobro
Lex Price - bass
Jerry Roe - drums and percussion
Bryan Sutton - guitar, high-strung guitar, and mandolin

Cover photo by Anna Haas
Art Direction and layout by Buick Audra

Merch item, "Failure Mail," here: buickaudra.bandcamp.com/merch/failure-mail

My gratitude to the players on this track: Jerry Douglas, Lex Price, Jerry Roe, and Bryan Sutton. Your stunning performances and energy elevated the song and I thank you. Huge thanks to Trina—what a pleasure to work with you. Many thanks to Dan Shike for the mastering. Also, thanks to Kris Donegan who’s not on this track but deserves to be thanked for everything that happens in this second act of my solo work. Kris, you already know the full scope of my feelings around this!

Thanks to Anna for the cover photo; that session was a bit of a revelation.

Endless gratitude to Jerry for loving me, and for believing in me and the work. You are my home.

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Buick Audra Nashville, Tennessee

Buick Audra is a Grammy-award-winning musician and writer living in Nashville, TN. She is the guitarist and primary songwriter and vocalist in the melodic heavy duo, Friendship Commanders. Her new album and corresponding memoir, Conversations with My Other Voice, were released on September 23rd, 2022. ... more

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