WEDDING RINGS

**WEDDING RINGS** is the 6th track on S. Reidy's 4th full length, SECRET ALBUM. It was released as the first single on 04/21/23.

## Lyrics

```
I think you really made a mess of things
Pocket full of posse and your cabinets full of wedding rings
You never found philosophy
Whether it’s God, whether it’s hot weather in a field with ecstasy
You need to find yourself
You need to find yourself
You need to find yourself boy

You need to find yourself
You need to find yourself
You need to find yourself

Authentic never kept me fed
The context keeps me honest, left me bleeding where I bleed
I go outside to find the words to say, it’s never failed me yet
And sometimes just the sunshines keeps away the voice that’s wants me dead (wow)
They think I owe them masculinity
More and less than less than not, I close my ears and let it be
A motive, can’t qualify it in long term
But feelings staying measured widely siting how your heart burns
Jotting a note every step (oh)
Write the Bible before I see death (oh)
Wait for angels to break me a piece of the piece of the pie
Robinson told me to look at the sky
I’m still here and I’m feeling alright (oh)
My endeavors they never will die (oh)
And I will see you through it all
The lights are on the curtain calls
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I think you really made a mess of things
Pocket full of posse and your cabinets full of wedding rings
You never found philosophy
Whether it’s God, whether it’s hot weather in a field with ecstasy
You need to find yourself
You need to find yourself
You need to find yourself boy

You need to find yourself
You need to find yourself
You need to find yourself

I'm fully aware of what the world brings
And I never even wanted all the finer things
And yet I still keep feeling things
And yet I still keep feeling things

```

## References

* "Pocket full of posies" is a reference to the nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosie.
* Shawn is interested in both philosophy and theology.
* "Ecstasy" is a term used to refer to the psycadelic drug MDMA. Some users of psychedelics report profoundly spiritual experiences during their use.
* "Pie is the sky" is a phrase used to refer to some supposed good thing that is unlikely to actually occur. It originated in a song called "The Preacher and the Slave" by Joe Hill which was released in 1911. The song has become a staple of the labor and socialist movements. Its lyrics criticize The Salvation Army for promising the needy the goods of heaven, instead of improving their material conditions on earth.

## Comments by S. Reidy

Shawn has said that "Cabinet full of wedding rings" symbolizes a multitude of abandoned commitments.

## Live Performances

* 08/19/2022 - Factory Obscura (Live Debut)
* 09/13/2022 - Mt. Reidy
* 04/28/2023 - Norman Music Festival '23
* 06/03/2023 - Mt. Reidy
* 07/19/2023 - Mt. Reidy
* 07/28/2023 - Gray Owl Coffee
* 09/08/2023 - Skate the Plaza
* 09/20/2023 - 89th Street
* 10/28/2023 - Resonator

## Sources

1. ↑ https://open.spotify.com/album/79iVGpoZBUv4EXt4QJbj6D
2. ↑ https://genius.com/S-reidy-wedding-rings-lyrics
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring\_a\_Ring\_o%27\_Roses
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDMA
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic\_drug
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie\_in\_the\_Sky
7. ↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pie\_in\_the\_sky
8. ↑ https://folkways.si.edu/classic-labor-songs-from-folkways/american-folk-struggle-protest/music/album/smithsonian
9. ↑ https://genius.com/Joe-hill-the-preacher-and-the-slave-lyrics
10. ↑ this was said at the Factory Obscura mini-set on 08/19/22
11. ↑ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/s-reidy/2022/factory-obscura-oklahoma-city-ok-3a40dd7.html
12. ↑ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/s-reidy/2022/mt-reidy-norman-ok-13a40ded.html
13. ↑ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/s-reidy/2023/downtown-norman-main-stage-norman-ok-6ba44efe.html
14. ↑ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/s-reidy/2023/mt-reidy-norman-ok-23a134fb.html
15. ↑ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/s-reidy/2023/mt-reidy-norman-ok-4ba17fda.html
16. ↑ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/s-reidy/2023/gray-owl-coffee-norman-ok-1ba43da0.html
17. ↑ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/s-reidy/2023/plaza-district-okc-oklahoma-city-ok-5ba30750.html
18. ↑ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/s-reidy/2023/89th-street-collective-oklahoma-city-ok-53a30735.html
19. ↑ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/s-reidy/2023/resonator-norman-ok-53a1af51.html