New Kentucky Home

Heal Yourself

This is an autobiographical album about healing yourself. It was never released to the stores — every track lives as its own video, so the player on this page moves between them the way a record would.


01New Kentucky Home

This is a story about leaving things before you'll know their worth, and how we perpetuate our flawed conclusions to others.

verseYears before I had half a mind to stay, I only wanted to go away Very far away verseYears before I could write a phrase that could make someone cry who wasn't already high for days chorusI left my home, I left my life Left that time behind and wouldn't look back Cool girls don't look at explosions, right? That's what I did to you, I didn't look back Not even to say goodbye to the bluegrass bridgeI left my fight, I brought my light elsewhere I broke their rules and then I broke mine, too I got rid of structure I got rid of you I started every sentence with Me because you'd made me think I was worth less and I didn't believe it I didn't believe you I had a son and was sure I was doing something new verseYears ago now, I saw the Milky Way It made me want to unmake something I had done breakdownBut, which one Sorry my son, but I barely recall where I came from Sorry my son, but when we'd begun the world was already turning That's what I did to you I said bluegrass isn't really blue chorusI left my home, I left my life I made instruments my voice Cool girls make explosions, right? That's what I did to you, and I didn't look back Not even to say goodbye to the bluegrass chorusI left my home, I left my life I only wrote words that made me cry Cool girls do a lot of things right I can still do that to you, I can come back I can even say hello to the bluegrass endEven now, I'm not quite sure how We all have days we hate our face Sorry my son, but we all have days when blue just doesn't look so blue