Solitaire from All This by Kevin Boese

This was the first tune I wrote in my “new season of songwriting” inspired by learning twenty DMB tunes and a couple of Rush songs. “Isn't Everything Enough” came soon after. Playing these two songs was my first experience of enjoying my own stuff on a whole new level. In big part this was because of the increased difficulty of singing and playing them, and the satisfaction of pulling them off well. Just playing them by myself in rehearsal was fun enough but pulling them off live has been a major rush.

Tracklist

1.	Solitaire	3:29

Lyrics

Better to keep moving than stagnating
Better to notice than be totally unaware
Better to try and fail than not to try at all, right?
That's why I'm trying right now
That's what I'm trying right now

Playing solitaire on my phone
With some concern that life is passing me by
Is this what it's like to be stuck?
Well, it sure at least feels that way

Trying to know what I don't understand
Learning to feel what I can't
Falling to get up and try it again
I'm trying again

Better to ask some questions, with no answers
Better to listen than keep blowing hot air
I don't need to figure this out!

I can't keep pointing the same way
I can't keep track of where I've been
I can't keep up with everything
I can keep on forgiving me
I can keep stepping out in faith
I can keep trying anything

That's what I'm trying right now
That's why I'm trying right now
I'm trying again

Credits

from All This, released October 17, 2025

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