Submissions — Week 21 (Theme: I-♭VII-IV)

she gave me a beat
i did the hand jive
she gave me a treat
she gave me a treat

she’s got the vibe

when she floated by
i felt so high
caterpillar butterfly
transformed 

when she held my axe 
i shook and died
she dimed my stack
she dimed my stack

Demo

She's Got The Vibe

Happy

come with me (if you want to live)

Big Dreams (Queenie the Snapping Turtle)

https://www.reddit.com/r/songaweek/comments/bs9clb/submissions_week_21_theme_iviiiv/

https://youtu.be/T6tJGSd8sJM

Catherine

I was reading "A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia" written by Thomas Harriot where he described some early Native American religious beliefs. Two people were thought to be dead, but accidentally buried alive. The evil one saw his soul on fire and changed to become a better person, while the other was good and saw vast trees and fruits all around in the afterlife. I thought of him saying, "I can't wait to die again" when he told everyone of his findings. This song tells that story in as few words as possible: 
LYRICS:
English man he come around
Preaching of his God and gun
Feed him any food you found
Tell him of the undead ones

Years before you came ashore
Buried a bad man out back
The dirt upon the grave it moved
He told of afterlife in fact

I'm here to tell you of evil territory
My soul was burning in fire for eternity
Popogusso is real and scary story
Please won't you forgive me

A good man passed away too
He crawled from out of his grave
Spoke of trees and fruits that grew
"I can't wait to die again"

I can't wait to die again

I Can't Wait To Die Again

Ben Aaron