a song about a side character from the odyssey and hiding out from a social event in the bathroom
https://newsincerity.bandcamp.com/album/endings

oh sailor boy, oh will you hear me now
i just need another pair of ears to hear my voice out loud
it's been so long, i’ve kept it in somehow
but sailor boy, will you please hear me now

for a moment, just a moment

i wish that i could hold back all my fear
see what it's like to be someone for a year
wish i could say “i’ve grown up so much here”
i wish i could, but now the end is near

and i could climb on the roof at night, but the city’s too bright
to make out constellations i know hang above late at night
and if i strain my eyes to see them, i’ll lose my balance, snap my spine

i wrote a song of what i hoped would be
gathered from the stories i had seen
and my friend said “how do you write lyrics like these
when love has never fallen at your feet”

all i could say was “thanks, i guess, i don’t really know”
now we use that song to end all of our shows
though my words might be relatable to somebody, they’re not to me

don’t want to stay, looking at these bathroom tiles
and i don’t think i'll find something to make this night worthwhile
so hold my hand, and i will do the same
cause in another life we’d have someone to whisper our names