This song is about Ben’s experience with touring, probably with their other band AJJ. It describes six days of anticipation for the upcoming tour, the six weeks during which the tour took place, and getting sick and wanting to go home by the end of it.
[Verse 1]
Six more days of work before I gotta go
I wanna mellow my mind, I wanna lighten my load
I got ants in my pants, I wanna boogie dance
Down the interstate when I get a chance
Six more days of work before I gotta go
[Refrain 1]
Day six, I'm in a ditch
Diggin' all day at my graveyard shift
Day five, I'm stayin' alive
On virgin rhymes and a bottle of rye
Day four, I can't take much more
But there's just three days left 'til I'm out the door
Day one, I'm here, but my brain left me days ago
[Verse 2]
Six weeks on the road before I'm back in town
Only ten thousand miles away from where I'm standing now
Future's unwritten, but I ain't scared
'Cause I got good friends and I got your ear
Six weeks on the road before I'm homeward bound
[Refrain 2]
Week one, we're having fun
We got a clear purpose and we're on the run
Weeks two and three, I start to believe
That this is the life that was meant for me
But by week four, not sure anymore
Five hours of sleep on a hardwood floor
Week six, I'm sick and achin' to get back home
[Solo]
[Verse 3]
Grass is often greener on that other ground
But we won't get fooled again this time around
Spice of life, diversify
Your funs, your hopes, your reasons why
I'm just grateful for the grass I found
[Interlude]
[Outro]
(Whoo! Yeah! Yeah!)
Six, Six, Sick was written by Ben Gallaty.
Six, Six, Sick was produced by Jalipaz Nelson.
Ben Gallaty released Six, Six, Sick on Fri Oct 07 2016.