Ah yes, a "man in the mirror" song. I see so much self doubt in this song. Let me give you some advice, don't be so hard on yourself. Maybe just be hard on yourself. I'm with you, and agree it's warranted to an extent.

Are you, by your own admission "mired in mediocrity?" Of course! But that doesn't have to be a total negative. Maybe look at it as you're the top of the bottom, or the bottom of the top. The cream of the crap! If there are 300 active song-writers on this forum, you would be better than maybe 150 of 'em. You've got a gift. A gift like tube socks on Christmas morning. Sure they may not be exciting and possibly misshapen but...I thought I had more of a thought there. Nope. That was the whole thought. Anyway, pretty soon those socks will be forgotten.

I know you had a lot to say in this song because you felt the need to. I said a lot about the song and you personally because I felt the need to.

So your songs are right in there with other mediocre names like Don Schiltz, Paul/John, Elton/Bernie, or Natalie Humby. You even have a bit of a Ronnie Dunn thing going on. Is this bad? Well, it's not great, and that's ok.

Even the album cover had me just kind of starring for a good length of time just lost in it. I don't need feelings and thoughts getting all stirred up. No one likes be lost Floyd. No one. Art does not belong on an album cover.

Anyway...I totally loved every aspect of the song. No surprise on one hand but surpassed my expectations on the other. Showing a songwriter who thinks they are a master of everything in the realm of song what a masterly written and produced song is by writing a song about it...knowing it's probably lost on them...I found brilliant.

Made my day the day I heard it and many days since. Thanks for sharing this exception song!

Chad (Hope that makes it easier)

TEMPO TANTRUM: What a lead singer has when they can't stay in time.