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When The Pills Wear Off

by Willi Carlisle

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A portion of the proceeds from streams and purchases of “When the Pills Wear Off” will go to Hope in the Hills, a West Virginia-based charity focused on recovery and wellness in Appalachia.

Find out more about Hope in the Hills at www.healingappalachia.org


"After losing friends to overdoses, after witnessing the stress that hidden lives and quiet desperation causes people, I decided I wanted to sing about addiction. So, I’m partnering with “Hope in the Hills” to raise awareness and funding to help those in need. Too much of country music glorifies abuse, murder, and poverty in the name of shock and sales, and I want to fight the stereotypes. Let’s share music about our struggle and triumph! Let’s celebrate love and mourn the dead. “When the Pills Wear Off” is a really sad song, I know, but I hope it brings some joy into the world." - Willi Carlisle

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WHEN THE PILLS WEAR OFF

Father forgive me for what I have done
Drove 200 miles for six inches of love
And he shined like the neon in the town’s only bar
Slick as the needle and slim as the scar
I lost friends to heroin, plenty more to lovin’ them

Strung out on the highway like we couldn’t read the signs
Now that I am older and burn a little colder
I know how to read between the lines

But the only time I get these guilty thoughts
Is when the pills wear off
And what I called a love affair
They say was a death of despair
They say I’ll get over him I just need time

I think Jesus sent an angel, stuck needles in his thigh
And the old freight trains, they whistle and whine
They shake the whole damn house, like we did when he was alive
I lost friends to heroin, plenty more to lovin’ them
Strung out on the highway like we couldn’t read the signs
Now that I am older and burn a little colder
I know how to read between the lines

But the only time I get these guilty thoughts
Is when the pills wear off
And what I called a love affair
They say was a death of despair
Mother don’t ask me the things I have done
It’s selfish to fall for yourself in someone
I know that I want him and always will
I don’t think he could have known that it was fentanyl

But the only time I get these guilty thoughts
Is when the pills wear off
And what I called a love affair
They say was a death of despair
The only time I get these guilty thoughts
Is when the pills wear off

credits

released November 14, 2023
Written by Willi Carlisle and Billy Keane for Matt, Luke, and Brandon
Willi: Vocals, Guitar
Darrell Scott: Piano
Jonathan Yudkin: Strings

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Willi Carlisle Fayetteville, Arkansas

WILLI CARLISLE is a poet and a folk singer for the people, but his extraordinary gift for turning a phrase isn't about high falutin' pontificatin'; it's about looking out for one another and connecting through our shared human condition.

For Carlisle, singing is healing. And by singing together, he believes we can begin to reckon with the inevitability of human suffering and grow in love. ... more

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