New Release: 'Black and Yellow'
- Feb 26, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 22
New Release: 'Black and Yellow' is out now.
This song came from listening to someone I love pour out how alone they felt in a place that was supposed to feel safe. The words hit hard: feeling like everyone around them was a stranger, like the house had become a place where no one really saw each other. The ache of hearing that the efforts to "help" sometimes looked more like saving face than saving a person. The exhaustion of hearing the same reassurances over and over and knowing they no longer carried any weight.
It is not about blame. It is about the moment when someone says out loud what they have been carrying in silence. The moment when the darkness feels so thick that even the people who are supposed to be closest seem distant. The moment when the only thing left is the wish to find a way out of the gloom, to see some light, to believe there is still a path forward even when everything feels black and yellow . . shadow and caution, warning and waiting.
The Weight of Feeling Unseen
Feeling unseen in your own home is one of the loneliest things a person can experience. It is not just being alone; it is being surrounded by people and still feeling invisible. It is hearing words that sound like care but feel like routine. It is carrying the belief that your pain is too much or too little or too inconvenient to be truly heard. The weight is in knowing that even the people who love you can miss you completely. The weight is in wondering if the light will ever feel real again.
The "Still Here" Perspective
I have learned that the only thing I can control is whether I keep showing up honestly. I cannot erase the moments when someone felt unseen. I cannot make the past conversations land differently. I definitely cannot make the darkness disappear overnight. But I can listen when the words finally come. I can sit with the truth without trying to fix it right away. I can believe that the person in the gloom is still in there, still worth reaching for, still capable of finding their way toward light. I can keep believing that even when everything feels black and yellow, there is still a way to move through it together.
If you have ever felt completely alone even when you were not physically alone . . if you have ever poured your heart out and felt like the words just bounced off the walls . . if you have ever looked for light in a place that felt like nothing but shadow . . this song is for you.
Give it a listen wherever you stream music.