Sleepy Gary- “It's Your Funeral”

You know that pre-warning that most of us wish we could have received from, or given to, our exes prior to dating them? “It’s Your Funeral” is the ballad that says it all. Last friday,  Sleepy Gary released the sixth drop from his fast approaching 21 song Album, “21 Love Songs,” “Its Your Funeral” is a song that gives its’ audience the perspective of one who has undeniably fallen into the ‘young and dumb’ realm of romance but has the mind to know that they will not be on the receiving end of its downfall, not as harshly or ignorantly anyway. His lyrics start off with the imagery of his significant other resting her head on his shoulder and wishfully thinking about forever as Sleepy Gary has already prepared his own mind and heart to take no blame for the pain that is to follow as consequence for simply not knowing better about life’s uncertainties; Taking the blame for one’s ignorance isn't healthy. Message!! Sleepy Gary stands on that message very firmly here; “Your love don't make me worry, my hearts never beating in a hurry, ‘cause you aint ever gonna hurt me, so it's your funeral..I aint uneasy, I know that you'll never mistreat me, you don’t think you're ever gonna leave me, it's your funeral…” Sheesh…Despite Gary’s seemingly heartless delivery, the truth being shared is that not everyone is fortunate to get it right the first time or mature through life with the same person. Unfortunately for the girl in context, this truth was only present in Sleepy Gary’s mind and so he becomes a witness to his significant other’s fall into a fantasy world all the while knowing that any grand attempt to “protect” her feelings from the real world would be ultimately out of his authority, “Every time i look back I see the roller coaster riding all over the track I wanna be the architect controlling our path, but I don't think it works like that..”. Tell me how YOU feel about “It’s Your Funeral'' Milwaukee.

/Naomi-Re’a for CW