Just Double Checking

by Sun Kin

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My partner Nicole and I have both been anxious to the point of dissociating since we were kids. But we didn't know each other then. We wrote this song together about how our constant worrying and worrying about worrying doesn't usually help, and in fact often gets in the way of our relationships with loved ones. Our phones, parents, politicians tell us to imagine the worst possible future, too, and it all gets swirled up in this anxious tornado that keeps us from being present with each other. But when we're performing love for each other? Everything just flows. Momentary grace we can ride like a wave. Love you bb.

lyrics

When we’re sleeping
I get up to check the lock
When we’re leaving
Back inside a dozen times
You’re trying to be patient
But I see you roll your eyes
Good can happen
I can be there when it does

Like when I’m singing to you
I know what’s in my hands
I’ve got a cat in my lap
The sun is streaming down
Like when I’m singing to you
And strum away intrusive thoughts
We could all be dead in an earthquake
But we could also not

Interrupting
the romance
Could you repeat what you just said?
Birds were chirping in my brain
I’m trying to keep records of the time
That we spend
But my phone is out of space
Momentary grace

Like when I’m singing to you
I know what’s in my hands
I’ve got a cat in my lap
The sun is streaming down
Like when I’m singing to you
The center of gravity in my room
I’m giving in like the tide to the moon

Trying to be in control every moment
Is not as effective as you would think
I’m letting myself go
Embracing what comes in the absence
I’m gonna ride it like a wave
So I can get back to you

I know what’s in my hands
I’ve got a cat in my lap
The sun is streaming down
Like when I’m singing to you
And strum away intrusive thoughts
I wonder what will be left
I think I’ll like it a lot

credits

released February 13, 2024
Kabir Kumar - vocals, guitars, bass, organ, mellotron
Dawson Timpany - drums, percussion
Geoff Saba - alto and treble saxophones
Tyler English - pedal steel guitar
Juliana Chahayed - vocals

Music written & produced by Kabir Kumar
Lyrics written by Kabir Kumar & Nicole Levin
Sax arrangement by Miguel Gallego
Additional engineering by Greg Cortez at New Monkey Studios in Van Nuys, CA
Mixed by Geoff Saba at Itinerant Home in Oakland, CA
Mastered by Dan Thorn
Cover art designed by Katie McTigue
Cover photos by Archana Kumar and Carol Levin

Special thanks to my parents 🩷

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Kabir Kumar,
born in Bombay, broadcasting
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