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Bogged Down

Track #: 9

Length: 3:29

Description: A folk rocker featuring marimba about feeling stuck in life with no readily-apparent way out – a situation many have found themselves in throughout history and throughout their lives – and yet somehow simply complaining about it is a release of hope.

Songwriting: Words and Music written by Scott Richard Cooley.

Publishing: Scott Richard Cooley Music Publishing, ASCAP

Performance: All vocals and instruments performed by Scott Cooley.

Production: Produced, recorded, mixed & mastered by Scott Cooley

Location: Recorded at Scott Cooley Music Productions studio in Grand Blanc, MI, USA

Release: June 21st, 2025

Format: digital download, streaming

Label: Scott Cooley Records

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"Bogged Down"

Written by Scott Cooley

Should've planned ahead

Proceeded with caution

Stopped dead in my tracks

Trapped with exhaustion

I try to dig myself out

But I can’t get free

There’s too much pressure

Weighing down on me

It’s the suffering I can’t stand

I’d rather step into some quicksand

I've been bogged down

Hate the way it feels

Legs in muddy ground

Spinning my wheels

I’ve been bogged down

No progress to be made

Head's above water

Nowhere else to wade

I’ve been bogged down

Now it’s cool and foggy

Misty with dew

Can’t see, can’t breathe

Don’t know what to do

They keep pilin’ it on

With no end in sight

I’m so overwhelmed

It’s like I’m frozen inside

Wish I could get it over with now

I’d rather jump off a bridge and drown

I've been bogged down

I'm in the weeds

I'm swamped with work

I'm a man of deeds

I've been bogged down

I’m gettin’ slammed

Got payload paralysis

Gotta get out of this jam

I’ve been bogged down

I've been bogged down

My stone won't roll

It's gathering moss

In a lowland hole

I've been bogged down

My feet stuck in peat

I'm in a quagmire

And I'm sinkin' deep

I’ve been bogged down

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