Milam Byers
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And this was in like 2011.
And I'd never asked myself that question or wondered, and I had not written a single thing.
And he was like, that's what I thought you would say.
And when trauma, trauma like blocks the, I think it's the left side of the brain, which is your narrative and your creative and like your, it kind of tells you what's going on in the world and how you interpret things.
It basically blocks that off because it's too painful.
And so he was like, I'm not releasing you from counseling until you write a song about the airport.
And that was a challenge and it happened.
And like,
I remember thinking like, dude, like nobody wants to hear that song.
Like, that's awful.
What a terrible song.
And he's like, nobody's gonna hear it.
Like, just do it for yourself, get it out.
And it happened.
It happened.
That was a bit of a miracle as well.
It happened on a jog at Centennial Park in Nashville.
And it literally just came pouring out of me.
Like something shifted.
And so,