Gary Patrick’s new single tackles the messy reality of loving someone who can’t love you back, and he doesn’t hold anything back. Working with co-writer Ken Orsow, Gary puts words to the kind of heartbreak that leaves you wondering why you kept trying so hard, and his vocal delivery sells every line, especially when he asks the hard questions we’ve all thought but rarely say out loud.
The band behind him (Bill Scott on bass, Jeff Shelton on drums, and Matt Mackelvie on B3) gives the song room to move while keeping everything grounded. Producer Chad Mauldin clearly knows how to get the best out of Gary, and you can hear it in how the guitars and vocals sit together. Nothing here is overdone or trying too hard.
Gary writes like someone who’s been there, and that honesty is rare. After twenty years of working together, he and Orsow have figured out how to craft songs that connect without needing to explain themselves. If you’ve ever been stuck in a relationship where you were doing all the work, you’ll recognize yourself in this one.
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