New Release: 'Running Out of Someday'
- Jul 1, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 23
New Release: 'Running Out of Someday' is out now.
This song came from the calm, quiet realization that the number of days left is smaller than the number behind me. It is not panic. It is not fear screaming in the middle of the night. It is just math. Simple, unemotional, undeniable math.
I used to live like time was infinite. Like there would always be another tomorrow to get around to the things that matter. Another year to fix what is broken. Another season to say what needs saying. Another someday to become the person I wanted to be. I treated the future like it was a long, open road with no end in sight.
Then one day the math became clear. Fewer days ahead than behind. The road is shorter than I thought.
That clarity is not loud. It does not make me want to run. It does not make me want to hide. It just makes me want to stop waiting. Because waiting is the real thief. Waiting is what puts us in the box. Fear is what keeps the lid closed. But when you know the days are limited, the box starts to feel ridiculous. The risks start to feel small. The silence starts to feel expensive.
The Cost of Staying in the Box
Every time we choose safety over honesty we pay a quiet price. Every time we swallow the words we owe someone we pay a quiet price. Every time we stay small so we do not rock the boat we pay a quiet price. The price is not dramatic. It is not a single explosion. It is the slow subtraction of days we could have lived more fully. Days we could have loved more openly. Days we could have been more ourselves. The box is comfortable until it is not. And by the time we notice it is too small, a lot of days have already been spent inside it.
The "Still Here" Perspective
I have learned I can only control what I do with the days that remain. I cannot add more days to the calendar. I cannot go back and live the ones I already spent. I definitely cannot make time stop. But I can stop waiting for perfect conditions. I can stop letting fear decide what is safe. I can stop treating "someday" like it is guaranteed. I can choose to step out of the box today. Even if my legs are shaky. Even if the light outside is bright. Even if I do not know exactly where I am going. Because the only thing worse than running out of time is running out of time and still being inside the box.
If you have ever looked at your life and quietly realized there are more days behind you than in front of you . . if you have ever felt the gentle pressure of time and decided it is time to stop waiting . . if you have ever understood that fear is the real box and you are ready to step out . . this song is for you.
Give it a listen wherever you stream music.