The lyrics echo the adage that the divorce happens long before the divorce.
Ill tell you about tired of fighting.'
What is he fighting for anyway?
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Is that what you thought love was for?
Its this relationship gone south, and just reconciling with all that.
Its a very clear narrative country song, but its kind of psychedelic, too.
And thats the point of the recording (which was made before Kristoffersons death).
Micah has said that the through-line throughout the album is facing death with grace.
?But Lost Cause cuts deeper.
