Name: The reason by Alex Couch
Duration: 3 min 56 s
Description: A thumping, harmony-laden alt rock tune reminiscent of Polyphonic Spree and Arcade Fire. An alternate lead vocal weaves through the bridge as the song builds from bare bones to a layered crescendo, before settling into an intimate outro of piano and intertwined voices.

Best song I’ve heard all day.  Everything about it feels right, good, and makes sense.  It’s a beauty

Nice indie rock. This song has a good pace and built. Good idea to add a piano.

This sounds like a movie soundtrack. Really good 👍🏿

It's always great to hear something new from you, Alex.

Just a beautiful song, as simple as that!

you have such a nice voice!! i want to hear more of your stuff! what do you suggest i listen to?

Plates version acustica: Gustavo Daniel Laino.

New Track off the album Reflectivity coming out on January 24th

Red Sky At Noon

Bow bow chicka ba bow ba bow wooo!
I cut it up and think about wooo!
We’ve got the thieves on the ground
Don’t know whats up so grab my instagram yeah,
Lets fuck down here
while were out here by the bend
In this shady grove
we’re making love forever til the end
A Soo Wa Hum please let us stay
Pick up our cans its 9:30
Bow Bow Chicka Ba Bow Ba Bow Woo!
Youve got this down here my pretty little sugar
Ive got too much time on my hands
Got not much more time left
Got melons in my basket
Lets twist these little berries yeah baby!
A Soo Wa Hum please let us stay
Pick up our cans its 9:30
Bow Bow Chicka Ba Bow Ba Bow Woo!
Lets Fuck down here
while were out here by the bend
In this shady grove we’re making love
forever til the end
Falling apples in the breeze
I am down upon my knees
Shes eating saskatoons
calling fourth the birds and bees.
Underneath the cherry trees
I will make her cherry bleed
Wild roses in her hair
Oh shit theres a bear.
Oh shit theres a bear,
Shes got roses in her hair
And the ankle underwear
And her ass is pretty bare
A Soo Wa Hum please let us stay
Pick up our cans its 9:30
Bow Bow Chicka Ba Bow Ba Bow Woo!
Lets Fuck Down Here
While were out here by the bend
Picking up our cans so we don’t
Get in trouble again
A Soo Wa Hum please let us stay
Pick up our cans its 9:30
Bow Bow Chicka Ba Bow Ba Bow Woo!

A Soo Wa Hum

"The Great Longing," was inspired by a musical idea by the wonderful Yotsugi and dives deep into themes of loss, yearning, and transcendence, as seen in the poignant passage you quoted:

"My soul, I have given you everything, even my last possessions, and all my hands have emptied themselves for you. To command you to sing, that was my last thing! Commanding you to sing—and now, speak, say: who of us now has to be grateful? Or, even better: sing for me, sing, my soul! And let me give thanks!"

This song resonates with the struggle of holding on while feeling the pull of the unknown. It is a plea for the soul to keep singing, even when everything else seems to be slipping away.

Lyrically, "The Great Longing" captures the existential struggle of losing touch with oneself, searching for direction, and the hope of reconnecting through the soul’s persistent song. Like the themes in Nietzsche’s work, it explores the tension between despair and the will to continue—a longing for a deeper connection, both with oneself and with life.

Also check out the dark and emotional video on youtube:

https://youtu.be/RETxoGdijIc

discipline of freedom

the great longing

The Great Longing


Theory wise, it goes Bm7 then A7 and some extended notes. Which points to either D or Bm. I decided to go to B and then A and then G and then A. All major chords. B and Bm are similar. Then, from A, to Em which is not too big of a change cos’ they both have E for the ‘well go down parts’. Then G and then back to Bm for ‘heartbeats.’. Again, both G and Bm share B so that works. Then finally, from A to A7. A7 points to Dm so that’s how the chorus begins. Chorus also has a Bb and then C which points to the key of F. Before going from G to Am which goes to Am. Then the whole process starts again except at the end we go to Bm. So 3 keys in a single chorus/outro which is pretty cool. 
The poppier elements in the prechorus are not exactly a musical direction but more of what I improvised in the moment. 
I’m extremely satisfied with the mix and will be working more with this guy in the future. 
Lyrics:
She’s my reason. She’s my reason.
Can I get an amen for the cause that ties me down before my knees get weak
And pulls me round the clock or so to speak to dry your tears in times of desperate need.
It’s not enough to celebrate or pray for all this extra weight, in fevered times or so it seems, living, living for a dream.  (It’s improvised. I don’t know what I’m on about)
We’ll go down. We’ll go down.
Heartbeats and inner turmoil..
Black and blue just like the earths soil (reference to NIN’s piggy I guess. Also my 2 fave colors. Altho black is the absence of color)
Now ya see why I just can’t breathe.   (The only other person I know that finds it this hard to breathe is Adam Levine)
Guess it was always meant to be

Chorus:
Pull me down, let me suffer
Till I breathe right out again
All these things that mattered before. Don’t matter anymore.
And I ain’t bitter. I ain’t blind. You were always on my mind.
Roads that mattered before, don’t matter anymore.
Hearts that litter lonely streets. You never meant that much to me.
At all. At all.  (The ‘you’ doesn’t really refer to a romantic interest in particular. I wanted something powerful and something that could stir up some emotions. It’s probably…a guy. For your purposes, you might as well [insert person here] if you feel like singing along. 

Verse:
Not unlike the waves that tear. In your auburn sunburnt hair.
And all these times you give to me. You left in agony.
This is where we stand. This is where they die.
Here we’ll make a stand. This is where they’ll die. (300 reference. You know I think I’ve been fighting Persians longer than the Spartans ever did. That’s 4 songs which reference Sparta. That’s more than 72 hours it took to make which is roughly how long the Spartans fought the Persians for)

Outro:
In time, you’ll find, it’s all we need, in our minds. In time.



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A thumping, harmony-laden alt rock tune reminiscent of Polyphonic Spree and Arcade Fire. An alternate lead vocal weaves through the bridge as the song builds from bare bones to a layered crescendo, before settling into an intimate outro of piano and intertwined voices.

The reason

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Just trying to get a good song out there. I do songwriting all the way through production to mix/master. Spurts of music spread out over some years by now. Find me on Spotify at "Alex Couch" https://spoti.fi/3JS2TAx

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