72 Rats — It All Burns Down Someday

The vision

It All Burns Down Someday is about accepting impermanence and choosing to live fully within that reality — even when you're exhausted, isolated, and questioning everything. It's not a nihilistic statement; it's a liberating one. Everything ends, everything changes, so what do we do with the time we have?

It explores the weight of being the person everyone depends on, the isolation of invisible burdens, and the struggle to stay present in a world that demands everything. These songs wrestle with middle-age realities — family, work, the gap between who you want to be and the energy you have left — but they also recognize that those struggles are universal and temporary. Asking for help isn't weakness, and moving forward doesn't require having it all figured out.

The song flow

Six songs, in order

Mellow Dramatic

Opens with intimate connection — friends who can talk about anything, who hold space for each other. The foundation: these moments matter because they're temporary.

Time Goes By

A call to action: get out and engage with the actual world. Physical presence, real experiences, meeting people different from you. Time is passing whether you act or not — so act.

I'm Too Tired

The reality check. After the call to engage comes the admission: I'm depleted. Feeling inadequate while knowing you're fortunate; envying people who seem to have it together while suspecting it's an illusion.

Hidden

The isolation of invisible heroism — being the one who fixes everything but feels completely unseen. Sometimes you can't save everyone. Sometimes you have to let go.

Pull Me Back

The turning point. A direct plea for help and an acknowledgment that the darkness is internal and temporary, even when it doesn't feel that way. A glimpse of light.

Ready To Roll

Not a triumphant ending, but an honest one. Exhausted acceptance that standing still isn't an option. You don't have all the answers — you're moving forward anyway. Day by day. It's enough.

From the studio

Where it's at

Rough takes of all six songs are done; now layering bass, drums, and percussion. Recording with a friend in his studio — no hard timeline, just the right takes that fit the feel.

The journal

Follow the recording

I'm posting the journey on Substack as it unfolds — process, gear, lyric snippets, and the "pencils down" moments.

Links

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Rats in space ↗

"A full complement of 72 Rats would equal about one human in terms of water reclamation," says Layne Carter, a water-processing specialist at the MSFC.

Listen up and rock out.