A Lot Of Nothing

by Sir Nai

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I made this song all in one morning. I came home from a graveyard shift and just went straight to my room. I felt inspired, anxious and nervous all at the same time. When I was finished composing the song. I laid on the floor of my room and I thought I'd start my writing process right away. I couldn't. I was trying to force myself to talk about my feelings and I couldn't find the words. When I finally started writing, all I could put down was "I've got nothing to say".
It felt like the first time I went to see a therapist. I wanted to be there, I was really eager to go but when I sat down to finally speak, it was like my own mind wouldn't let me talk and I just sat in comfortable silence.
I started to recognize that I fear talking about my personal feelings, so much so, that I'd closed up because I was scared I couldn't convey them properly. Somehow, my therapist understood that without me actually telling them and they asked me "If you cant just simply talk about how you feel, what other proper way is there communicate it?"
It was the same thing, I was scared to be vulnerable in my own music.

I wrote a bunch of lyrics but I felt like I still wasn't conveying how I felt, it was like I didn't know how to "feel" but maybe that was it. With everything going on in America right now, I was just lost in my emotions. I started to write the song like I was having conversation with myself. I used my character LXIV. LXIV is all about recognizing emotions, forcing me to be truthful to myself but giving me freedom to really "feel". It felt good to write and sing it. It felt like I was saying a lot without actually saying anything. It's a song about accepting how you feel, even if you don't know how you feel...

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(Intro: SIR NAI)
I’m supposed to open up or something right?
I don’t really know how to do any of that..
But I guess I’ll try for the sake of trying...

(Tag/ad-lib: LXIV)
64!

(Chorus: SIR NAI)
I got nothing to say
I got nothing to talk about
I got nothing to say
I got nothing to talk about

(Chorus: LXIV)
You’ve got nothing to say?
You’ve got nothing to talk about?
You’ve got nothing to say?

(Break: SIR NAI)
I really don’t wanna talk this out.
I tried man, I did...
I don’t know why y’all want me to open up so bad...

(BRIDGE: LXIV)
The way I feel inside, I just can’t describe
I don’t know what’s real
I don’t know how to feel
How to feel
How to feel
How to feel

The way I feel inside, I just can’t describe
I don’t know what’s real
I don’t know how to feel
How to feel
How to feel
How to feel

(Chorus: SIR NAI)
I got nothing to say
I got nothing to talk about
I got nothing to say
I got nothing to talk about

(Chorus: LXIV)
You’ve got nothing to say?
You’ve got nothing to talk about?
You’ve got nothing to say?
You’ve got nothing to talk about...?

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released June 14, 2020

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Sir Nai Portland, Oregon

The ever changing, morphing, and shifting artist that is Sir Nai is a very talented music producer from North East Portland, Oregon. Born Nainoa John Slaughter, he is a natural instrumentalist that crafts songs that represent very real colorful human emotions. ... more

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