Don't Send Me Packin'

[Verse]
I made a toast to an empty room
A new year
Same old gloom
The calendar changed but I never grew
[Chorus]
Don't send me packin'
I'm barely unpacked
The weight I carry keeps my heart intact
Don't send me packin'
I need this mess
It's all I've got when there's nothing left
[Verse 2]
Midnight fireworks
A fleeting sound
A spark of hope
Then it hits the ground
The clock ticks loud but I’m spellbound
[Prechorus]
I won't look forward
I can't look back
My resolution's to stay off track
[Chorus]
Don't send me packin'
I'm barely unpacked
The weight I carry keeps my heart intact
Don't send me packin'
I need this mess
It's all I've got when there's nothing left
[Bridge]
Nothing to lose
Nothing to find
Nothing to free this caged-up mind
If hope is a crime
Then I’m doing time

moody instrumentation with heavy reverb; haunting electric guitar riffs over a slow, happy, emo, deep, brooding drumbeat; layered with atmospheric synths for depth, deep vocals