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Lyrics by apolez3
Music and some lyric edits by Siebass

Apolez3 asked me to collaborate on this lyric, I heard pop, so here we are. Just imagine Bruno Mars is singing it instead. :P

Blow my mind

[INTRO] 

[Verse 1]
You'll be my miracle come true
I always wished for someone like you
You're what I wanted My whole life.
All I want is you.

We're coming to fruition
Baby you're it
My Mrs. Right.
I'll be finding out for sure this time.
It's goldilocks
outta sight

Prechorus
Cuz baby you

[CHORUS]
Blow my mind. Blow my miiiinnnd
Be my wish come true ooh oooh ooh
Let it be you.ooo ohhh ohhh

[VERSE2]
Let me call you my girl and
We can go outside
to play ay ay p l a y
On the beach 
in the sunset
with the sand between our toes, we'll be












[Bridge]

holding our shoes
in our hands
we stop at the beach 
as the water collides
with our feet
our soles are wet
and you taste so sweet
with your effervescent kiss

Drop chorus

[CHORUS]
Blow my mind. Blow my miiiinnnd
Be my wish come true ooh oooh ooh
Let it be

Cuz baby you
[CHORUS]
Blow my mind. Blow my miiiinnnd
Be my wish come true ooh oooh ooh
Let it be you.ooo ohhh ohhh

[OUTRO]
Keep blowing my mind

Blow My Mind

A co-write with my 4 and a half year old son. Asked him if he wanted to write a song with me. Pink is his favorite color. We had fun coming up with more pink things to rhyme.

G, B, C, Cm

Colors

Intro

Empty open

Verse 1

Red, and Orange, and Yellow and Green
Blue Indigo, and Violet
But missing from that list, even though I desire it (Violet) (desire it/acquire it)
Is the best color that I've ever seen


Pre-chorus - (rising) A, B, C, D

Gray's ok I guess
Burgundy is fine
So many favorite colors
But this one's mine

Chorus G, D, G C 

Pink is my favorite color
Woah Oh
Pink is my favorite color
Woah oh oh
Inks come in many hues, all for me and you
but Pink is my favorite color
Woah oh oh

V2

Sunsets, flamingoes, and watermelon dreams
Valentine's day cards for February Halloween
A cadillac for Elvis, a pig for Charlotte's web
Balloons and blooming roses or a singing pop Celeb

Prechorus

candy's really dandy
Italian ice is pretty nice
Two lips for mint juleps
Bubblegum is pretty yummy

Chorus

Pink is my favorite color
Woah Oh
Pink is my favorite color
Woah oh oh
Inks come in many hues, all for me and you
but Pink is my favorite color
Woah oh oh

Pink Is My Favorite Color

Collaboration with Apolez3 for FAWM 2022

Siebass: Took my best crack at it, had to tweak some lyrics to fit rhyme and beat, but I think it turned out pretty well.

Apolez3:
Liner NotesThe saddest key is said to be the D Minor Chord
D-F minor third then F-A Major third.
Inspired by the D-Minor.
Added the following after the comment/s...
(As Nigel Tufnel, the waggish musician protagonist of the 1984 mockumentary Spinal Tap, said when putting his sentimental “Lick My Love Pump” in D minor: “It's the saddest of all keys. I don't know why, but it makes people weep, instantly, when you play it!”)
©February 4th 2022 by Apolez Taurus aka Arlene Kaczka

[INTRO]

[VERSE 1]
I’m so sad you’re gone
Where did I go wrong?
No one can replace
I can’t even erase
The D Minor Chord
What the hell am I going to do?
Because I’m left
with the D Minor Chord
playing on my heart

[CHORUS]
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart

[VERSE 2]
How could someone as wonderful as you
Give me what you put me through
Leaving me so sad, 
depressed and blue
the D Minor Chord
it seems to linger on
Keep me out of sorts
playing on my heart

[CHORUS]
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart

[VERSE 3]
Because you played the D Minor Chord
Right on my Heart
All this pain I’m going through
I’m without a grin
Because you played the D Minor Chord
I can’t erase
the saddest music that I face

[CHORUS]
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart

Arpeggiated D minor with alternating first string positions 1 -3 - 0
[BRIDGE]

The D Minor is still playing on my heart
Which is the saddest key
including a minor third
instead of a major third
In lieu of a D Minor Chord
Could have played a beautification grace note instead
Give me a grace note instead
Give me a grace note instead
Give me a grace note instead
But I got the D Minor Chord
Gave me the D Minor Chord
an ostinato, painting my soul blue
What am I going to do
When It feels like I can’t get over you
My heart a rhythmic knife keeps going through

[CHORUS]
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart
you played the D MINOR CHORD
The D Minor Chord
you played the D Minor Chord
directly on my heart

[OUTRO]
Just to think I could have been euphoric, 
without all this bloodshed
If you just played the grace note instead!
ⓒ2022 by Apolez Taurus aka Arlene Kaczka

D minor Chord (Collaboration)

Heard a story about the movement on NPR. Inspired me to write this song. It's a banger. Check out https://birdsarentreal.com/

Lyrics:

Intro:

I've got a secret to tell you...

swell

CH x2 left pan right pan and swap

Birds aren't real
they're made of cameras
Birds aren't real
Secret government drones
Birds aren't real
Inside their black jaws
Birds aren't real
They spy on your homes

V1

I've got a secret that I want you to know
So step over here and get real close
I'll put it in your ear, I don't want you to fear
But I'm gonna have to whisper cuz I see a crow

You may not know, but in the 50's, they killed off all the birds
Replaced with robots from the government, to record all your words
So tread lightly, speak softly, look in my eyes they're glistening
Remember, you never know when a feathered friend 

is gonna be listening

PCH

Back in the 50's, they don't want you to know
They're building robots that look like crows (and other birds too)

I've got a secret to tell you...


CH

Birds aren't real
they're made of cameras
Birds aren't real
Secret government drones
Birds aren't real
Inside their black jaws
Birds aren't real
They spy on your homes

BR

Cute birb over there? Government drone
That bird in your hair? Government drone
That bird on tv? Government drone
That bird next to me? Gonna spy in your home

That bird on the wire? Government drone
That bird that's on fire? Government drone
That bird on your face? Government drone
That bird in outer space? Gonna spy in your home

I've got a secret to tell you...
(Swell)

CH

Birds aren't real
they're made of cameras
Birds aren't real
Secret government drones
Birds aren't real
Inside their black jaws
Birds aren't real
They spy on your homes

CH vocal vamps over the x2 chorus - BIRDS AREN'T REAL

Birds aren't real
they're made of cameras
Birds aren't real
Secret government drones
Birds aren't real
Inside their black jaws
Birds aren't real
They spy on your homes

I've got a secret to tell you...

Birds Aren't Real

@musicbymichelle  

So last week I was cruising along the highway going super fast and then out of nowhere traffic came to a screeching halt. At first I was super annoyed by this and thought how could this be happening to me, I was going to be late to work. Finally settled into that there was nothing I could do about it. Then after 90 minutes of waiting I finally got moving and I had to pass the wreckage of the accident and I knew deep in my soul that the driver couldn't have survived it. This was very sobering. I was about 10 cars back from the site of impact, seconds away from this potentially being me.
So I thought I'd write a song about it. And here it goes. Can't wait to hear what you come up with. I'm open to anything.
Michelle

@siebass: I heard a simple ditty from these lyrics with powerful chorus of slow down, so that's what I went with. As always, I hope you all enjoy it.

Lyrics: @musicbymichelle
Music: @siebass

V1:Trying to get back from where I was
Moving as fast as time would allow
When all at once out of nowhere
A sea of red brakes me to slow down

V2:
I sit and wait patiently at first
But then my patience slowly wears out
Don't they know I've got somewhere to be
Don't have the time to sit here right now

Chorus1:
Slow down, take your time enjoy the view
Slow down, take a breath, try something new
It may take a while longer to get down this narrow road
But in the end you know you'll be making it back home

V3:
Minutes turn to hours and I am stuck
With only my thoughts as company
Have to be okay with where I am
And give up where I thought I would be

Chorus1

Bridge:
I edge my way forward, make it to the other side
As I face the wreckage, I'm grateful to be alive
So I'll...

Chorus:
Slow down, take my time enjoy the view
Slow down, take a breath, try something new
It may take a while longer to get down this narrow road
But in the end I know I'll be making it back home

Slow Down (Collab)

Aiming for a Brit pop rock track here; I think I nailed it. Metaphor of the heart as a radio tuned in to a particular person's station. Very happy with this one.

Lyrics:

V1

I'm gettin' static
Tuned in to you
Melodramatic
Eyes on your shoes

I start to panic
Too frequently close
Sweating mechanic
Frequency closing closing closing in

Pch

Twisting round my love

CH

I'm tuned in to you 
I'm tuned in to you
I'm tuned in to you
I'm tuned in to you, you, you

Break

V2

Pulled by the static
Eyes summer blue
Don't come up to the attic
If you want something new

My heart erratic
Beats in my chest
Think it's psychosomatic
I'm still taking deep breaths

PCH

Twisting round my love

CH

I'm tuned in to you 
I'm tuned in to you
I'm tuned in to you
I'm tuned in to you, you, you

PCH

(Empty pch) waaaaaah

Solo

PCH

Twisting round my love
Twisting round my love
Twisting round my love

(CHX2)

CH

I'm tuned in to you 
I'm tuned in to you
I'm tuned in to you
I'm tuned in to you, you, you

CH

I'm tuned in to you (Pulled by the static)
I'm tuned in to you (Don't come up to the attic)
I'm tuned in to you (Think it's psychosomatic)
I'm tuned in to you, you, you

Tuned In To You

Fast-paced moving rock
Music by Siebass
Lyrics and Vocals by Jorh

I Can't Be Trusted (ROUGH)

Life keeps coming, if you're ready or you're not... it's still going to be today, and that's okay.

g-d-g-c

V1

first sip of coffee brings the morning to my bones
missing bed, eyes are red, for my choices I atone
make breakfast for the kids, chew the news of the day
Push dusty clouds out of my head, just in time to say

CH - G-D-G-C; G-D, E,F#, G

Good morning to you
Good morning, do the things you have to do
We all have prices we gotta pay,
If you're ready, [[if you're not, it doesn't matter,]]

it's still gonna be today

V2 G-D-G-C; G-D-G-C; D

Scrape the ice off of my car, and the ice off of my heart
turn the key inside, and bless it all it surely starts
Drop one off at the bus, but not without a fuss
and I suspect this day will be like any other, 
but that's okay, and I still say

CH

Good morning to you
Good morning, do the things you have to do
We all have prices we gotta pay,
If you're ready, if you're not, [[it doesn't matter]]

it's still gonna be today

BR 

We're only here for our allotted time
The life we live is just a sum of all of our todays
Today, today, perhaps I'll shine
And in my clumsy way, I'll try to say I hope you'll find, the joy waiting your mind

Today Today~ (over chorus? outro)

Good Morning

This song is based on a prompt to write a song inspired by/incorporating a random sentence from a book. The sentence I got when I opened a book Sarah had left on the coffee table was 

"Milk is a mammalian innovation" from the book "I contain multitudes" by Ed Yong

#randomsentence


When we started out We were all just tiny cellsW
Floating on instinct in warm gooey gels

We got bigger, faster, split and multiplied
somehow growing larger even though we divide

(Milk is a mammalian innovation)
(Milk is a mammalian innovation)

Complexity, complexity, things began to change
sparks began to process in our preganglial brains

As our power grew, our four limbs began to stretch
With sturdy packs of backbones, and flexing sturdy necks

(Milk is a mammalian innovation)
(Milk is a mammalian innovation)

These days we love to argue, but we're only splitting hairs
but when hairs split on their own they caught us unawares

As we cover up with fur, it's now too hot to think
Splayed out praying to the moon, throats aching for a drink

(Milk is a mammalian innovation)
throats aching for a drink
(Milk is a mammalian innovation)
throats aching for a drink


(Evil laughter)

Milk is a Mammalian Innovation

Milk Is A Mammalian Innovation

Collaboration with Spike Direction
Lyrics - Spike Direction
Music - Siebass

Tweaked lyrics:

Y’know, I was sinking 40 hours a week into a place I hated, with people I hated, doing things I REALLY hated, and at the end of it, I still couldn’t pay my bills, what was the point?


So y’know what i did? I Quit.


G, D, B, D, E, F

V1

I didn’t ask to be born, 

Ours not to reason why

But I reckon I was put here to do

More than pay my bills and die



[[SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT??? You're GONNA  Blown out overdrive/radio mid focused]]


QUIT Your JOB [[B-A-G (also works cuz you're gonna BAG it) chorus, everyone]]


Radio fried telephone type vocal for spoken

Y’know, most jobs that people have are unnecessary, pointless, time consuming bullshit. Giving nothing to the world except C02 and paperwork for some other poor sap. I reckon if we really looked at what jobs NEED, and I mean REALLY NEED to be done, about two thirds of people would be out of work tomorrow. 



And nobody would be any worse off, power would still flow, food would still grow, but billions of people would suddenly be free to live their lives in peace, and then what might we achieve?


G, D, B, D, D#, E

V2

I didn’t ask to be born

I don’t get a choice in this

And yet everyone reckons that I have to work

To justify why I exist


[[SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT??? You're GONNA  Blown out overdrive/radio mid focused, drums still going hard]]

QUIT your JOB



BR, ascending climb


Y’know, you're just spending day after day after day after day, turning your mental energy, or the sweat off your brow, into money in the wallet of some weird replicant like Bezos, or Musk, or Zuckerberg. Fuck em!



[[SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT??? You're GONNA  Blown out overdrive/radio mid focused, drums still going hard]]



QUIT YOUR JOB


*FURIOUS SOLO*



V3


What would you do with your day

If I could set you free

How would you spend your life

If you didn't have to stress about money


V4

I didn’t ask to be born, 

Ours not to reason why

But I reckon I’m here to do so much more

More than pay my bills and die



[[SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT??? You're GONNA  Blown out overdrive/radio mid focused, drums still going hard]]



[[BIG FINALE]] going up instead of down, slower delivery



QUIIIIIIIIT

Your

JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB



Cuz F*ckit.





Original Lyrics:

Y’know, I was sinking 40 hours a week into a place I hated, with people I hated, doing things I REALLY hated, and at the end of it, I still couldn’t pay my bills, what was the point?

So y’know what i did? I Quit.

I didn’t ask to be born, 
Ours not to reason why
But I reckon I was put here to do
More than pay bills and die

QUIT YOUR JOB

Y’know, most jobs that people have are unnecessary, pointless, time consuming bullshit. Giving nothing to the world except C02 and paperwork for some other poor sap. 

I reckon if we really looked at what jobs NEED, and I mean REALLY NEED to be done, about two thirds of people would be out of work tomorrow. And nobody would be any worse off, power would still flow, food would still grow, but billions of people would suddenly be free to live their lives in peace, and then what might we achieve?

I didn’t ask to be born
I don’t get a choice in this
And yet everyone reckons that I have to work
To justify why I exist

QUIT YOUR JOB

Y’know, You're just spending day after day after day after day, turning your mental energy, or the sweat off your brow, into money in the wallet of some weird replicant like Bezos, or Musk, or Zuckerberg. Fuck em!

QUIT YOUR JOB

*FURIOUS SOLO*

What would you do with your day
If I could set you free
How would you spend your life
If you didn't have to stress about money


I didn’t ask to be born, 
Ours not to reason why
But I reckon I’m here to do so much more
More than pay bills and die

QUIT YOUR JOB

Quit Your Job

Megaman 2 style song made using beepbox.co, as part of the Megaman2 challenge for FAWM 2023.

Not sure if I hit everything, but pretty close

Basic rules:
- 4 parts: percussion, bass, melody, harmony
- 180 or 150 bpm
- Minor key
- Bass: either galloping (180bpm) or funky (150bpm)
- Melody: use syncopation & accented offbeats
- Harmony: 3rds of melody, or chord arpeggios

Song url on beepbox.co https://tinyurl.com/2zaw59vp

Cloud Man (Mega Man 2 song challenge)

I was originally thinking about how wounds bring us together, how someone that hurt you will forever leave a mark to tie you to them, or how we come together over shared wounds to heal.

Then I stood up too fast in the server room and cracked my head on a sharp metal shelf, so the topic is all too real today, and even more fitting now. So your topic is wounds, and/or how they bring us together or connect us


CH
Tearing me apart, whoa oh oh
Reel me back in
Cut me down to the bone
Patch me up, I'm still coming home

V1

We rip ourselves open
Rub our wounds together again
I feel the peroxide burning
But my heart's still bubblin'

CH
Tearing me apart, whoa oh oh
Reel me back in, whoa oh oh
Cut me down to the bone
Patch me up, I'm still coming home

V2

The room begins to darken
I got no more blood to give
Still dig my chest open
I need this pain to live

BR

baby let me in
come on let me in
Baby let me in
My stitches are my riches, so baby let's do it again
Let's do it again


CH
Tearing me apart, whoa oh oh
Reel me back in
Cut me down to the bone
Then you patch me up, I'm still coming home

All My Riches Are Stitches - (2 - 14 - 2023 Skirmish)

Based on a forum thread about the strugglebus and FAWM. Written early on, but getting to simple tracking and arrangement now. Trying to be more sparse as we get close to the end of FAWM. Acoustic, programmed drums and vox.


[[The Struggle Bus]]

melodic minor intro; basic blues in E; A weird, Aminor, E weird E chugged

E
[[V1]]

Your up and go
has gone and went
It's snowing in July 
and it's time to pay your rent (but your money's all spent)

Your daring do
is daring don't
peel your face off of your pillow?
Well you just know you won't

B, Bb, A

[[PCH]] 

When the hill is just too high to climb
The stairs too long to make it in time
Barely finding these simple rhymes

Don't make a fuss;
Just hop on the struggle bus

[[CH]] E, F#, A, E

The struggle bus
The struggle bus
Just hop on to 
The struggle bus

[[V2]]

The struggle bus
has no A/C
You open all the windows 
but you can still barely breathe

The struggle bus
has struggle feet
it's odd and weird instead of wheels
but the mileage can't be beeeeeaaaaat

[[PCH]] 

When the hill is just too high to climb
The stairs too long to make it in time
Barely finding these simple rhymes

Don't make a fuss;
Just hop on the struggle bus

[[CH]]

The struggle bus
The struggle bus
Just hop on to 
The struggle bus

[[BR]] Drop bridge

Anxiety, anxiety, fear is only stopping me
Anxiety, anxiety, it won't be good enough to see
Anxiety, anxiety, fear is only stopping me
Anxiety, anxiety, the one that's good enough is me

[[PCH]]

When the hill is just too high to climb
The stairs too long to make it in time
Barely finding these simple rhymes

Don't make a fuss;
Just hop on to

[[CH]]

The struggle bus
The struggle bus
Just hop on to 
The struggle bus

[[OUTRO/CHORUS]]

The struggle bus!
The struggle bus
The only thing to fear is us

The struggle bus
The struggle bus
Come on down and ride bus

The Struggle Bus

I'm a REAL Spider Man - from superhero prompt #3

I know there's Man Spider out there, and this is sort of a spin on that, except less villainous. What happens if you got bit by a radioactive spider, but basically got none of the benefits but several drawbacks?

I'm a REAL Spider Man

G, Am, C, G
Bit by a radioactive spider
My ticket, I thought was punched
but now by the water cooler
I eat dead flies for lunch

PCH

[[different or more GACG?]]

This "super" power is not 
what it's cracked up to be
My sneaker bill is through the roof 
with two extra pairs of feet 

(it was like two feet before, and now an extra four, plus the arms, is eight. it was easier than getting a six-armed shirt)

CH

G, A, F, G
I'm a real spider man
With no real spider plan
got extra eyes and hairy thighs
and if we kiss, you just might die [[woman screaming]]

I'm a real spider man
With no real spider plan
Just living my spider life
the best that I can

GGGGG

but I'm a monster.

V2

My alter ego's an abomination
because I'm a freakin spider
went to give my mom a hug
but she ran just as I spied her (it was like a Ms. muffet situation)

PCH

This "super" power is not 
what it's cracked up to be
My sneaker bill is through the roof 
with two extra pairs of feet 

(I mean, I guess I could have gotten like, really big, big sleeves, with a large radius, and just held my arms together, like braided or something, but I still think the six sneakers was the way to go)

CH

G, A, F, G

I'm a real spider man
With no real spider plan
got extra eyes and hairy thighs
and if we kiss, well you might die [[woman screaming]]

I'm a real spider man
With no real spider plan
Just living my spider life
the best that I can

but I'm a monster.

BR

Where the web comes out, 
well it's not intravenus
But I'll give you a big hint, 
it comes out my spider (uh oh/shhhh)
Web secretion gland, what did you think it was??

CH

I'm a real spider man
With no real spider plan
got extra eyes and hairy thighs
and if we kiss, well you might die

I'm a real spider man
With no real spider plan
Just living my spider life
the best that I can

but I'm a monster.

...."So I was hoping that would be one way we could operationalize these TPS Reports would be....and she's running, she's gone."

I'm A Real Spider Man

This song is a joke about a lot of shonen or seinen Manga/Anime/Wuxia/light novel/web novels that I read, that all seem to follow the same trope, where the Main Character (MC) may start out normal or Over Powered, but usually just "for their current power level or stage of cultivation". The story proceeds to pit them into increasingly more ludicrous battles with ever more powerful and about-the-same-amount of arrogant idiots who get stomped by the MC, with the plot dropping the MC into situations where "only people at X power level or below can enter the secret realm to search for treasures'' or similar. Any time the evil and also stupid big brother or parent of some poor sap that has been humiliated or killed by the MC shows up and would rationally end the storyline with "and then the main character was summarily destroyed", the MC is saved by his magical plot armor somehow.

This song is poking fun at the powering up, the leveling up, and the structure of those stories, around the theme of "plot armor". It exists in regular TV and movie media as well, where the hero also somehow miraculously escapes or gets into challenges that somehow only stimulate his or her growth, when the normal outcome of that scenario would be, "and then they died, obviously." Plot armor basically means, until the story is done and the author is through with the character, they simply cannot die due to the magical shield that the author cannot allow it.

One show that really earned my respect was Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagan, one of very few shows or any media I've watched or read where they actually really and truly kill off a main character in a meaningful way, and how the characters carry on and deal with the grief and grow past it is focal to the story; but I would say that it is a delightful exception, rather than the rule.

Plot Armor

F#, C#, G#, D#, BBB B A# G#, BBB B A# G
BBB B A#, 
G#, A#, G#, F#

CH

I'm really strong for my level
In my right eye, there lives a devil
I'll never come to harm, or
all your fans will leave you hardcore

I'm totally safe with my
plot armor

V1

F#, C#; G#, D#, 

I'm gonna start out from the bottom, 
my talent average, or maybe it soars
Or I could be a reincarnation 
with all my knowledge from before

V2
Gonna beat up a bunch of posers
Who try to shame my honor
people losing face all over the place
didn't think such scum was in the human race

CH

I'm really strong for my level
In my right eye, there lives a devil
I'll never come to harm, or
all your fans will leave you hardcore

I'm totally safe with my
plot armor

V3

Never met a death, that I couldn't court
All the bad guys in this story are trash
I mean, couldn't there be one decent villain
before I burn everything to ash?

BR

All your power systems are broken
Can't help but feel they're just token
I've got devil energy, some mana and qi,
how can all that stuff fit in one body

CH

I'm really strong for my level
In my right eye, there lives a devil
I'll never come to harm, or
all your fans will leave you hardcore

I'm totally safe with my
plot armor

outro x4

roses are red, violets are blue
omae wa mou shindeiru

Plot Armor

143 bpm


D7, C6/E, C, D Chorus
C6/E, G, D Verse

CH

The ocean is calm we're floating
But I'm slowly drifting away
Intangible current, I can't feel it
But I'm slowly drifting away

Postchorus

And know, my love
Is still strong

And know, it connects us
Even when I'm gone

CH

The ocean is calm we're floating
But I'm slowly drifting away
Pernicious current, I can't feel it
But I'm slowly drifting away

PostChorus

And know, my love
I'm still holding on

And know, it connects us
When I'm long gone

[[Solo trem deep groove]]

[Drop chorus]

The ocean is calm we're floating
But I'm slowly drifting away
I've gone so far I barely see you
Is what I've been meaning to say [[echoes?]]

[[Build up]]

CH

The ocean is calm we're floating
But I'm slowly drifting away
This damnable current, I can feel it
But I'm still drifting..../drifting/drifting -

Drifting Away

176 bpm

CH 
E (12) slide to Em open, A, G, F#

Filler one 
filler one

I thought it'd be no fun, but it's really kinda fun 

filler one
Filler one

Good for when you run, and also when you're done

V1 
E, A, G

We need some extra songs to add between track one and four
Filler one is what we need, filler two is such a bore
Gonna pump out a mega album, gonna burn your ankle socks
Filler one is one and done, ignore the lyrics this song rocks

Filler one 
filler one

I thought it'd be no fun, but it's really kinda fun 

filler one
Filler one

It's good for when you run, and also when you're done it's filler one 

(Solo short)

To make an average album, we need tracks, like ten or twelve
Now there's one less story, there's one less tale to tell
Fillers two and three and four, they aren't near as good
But filler one is one and done, it sounds better than it should

Filler one 
filler one

I thought it'd be no fun, but it's really kinda fun 

filler one
Filler one

It's good for when you run, and also when you're done it's filler one

(Solo)

Filler one 
filler one

I thought it'd be no fun, but it's really kinda fun 

Filler one
Filler one

It's good for when you run, and also when you're done it's filler one

Filler 1

G/G6 C/G6sus4/ D/Dsus4

144 bpm

I'm staring at my table 
I'm leaning on the shelf
I'm not anyone's Messiah 
I'm just a man filled with regrets like everyone else
And I think I need some help

I'm lacing up my boots
I'm walking out the door
I don't know where I'm going but
I know I haven't been there before
At least, I'm not too sure

I hope when I see you
You'll love me a little more 

[Drums on the one and]

I'm dancing through the streets
Getting lots of flustered eyes
Dust the cobwebs from my mind
And remember that we're all really alive
You know that's pretty nice

Take this body I've been given
It's not perfect but it's mine
Follow my feet to the horizon
In a jagged line
I wonder, am I wasting time?

And I hope when I see you
You'll think it's just fine 

[break]

I'll be standing at the threshold
Shoulders heavy with my sins 
My eyes will get real cloudy
Staring down at my own chin
When I'm standing on the outside, will you let me in?

But for now I'm still lacing up my boots
I'm walking out the door
I don't know where I'm going but
I know I haven't been there before
At least I'm still not too sure

I hope when I see you
You'll love me a little more

I hope when I see you
You'll love me a little more

Not Anyone's Messiah

Originally this was a Skirmish prompt I came to after the fact for "Looking ahead", but I am well past the skirmish point and into the deep end on this. 

I guess I've been in a real percussion/cahon + tambo + acoustic guitar mood. My first truly dumb track this year, and it is glorious. Enjoy it.

164 BPM

6/8

Dullahan's Lament

CH - D B D, D A A B A, D B D, D E D C# D

Dullahan, dullahan, what is a dullahan
Dullahan dullahan, a headless human
dullahan dullahan, what is a dullahan
I carry my head in my arms cause I can

V1

The modern life is most filled with troubles
No issues with shoes, my trousers or ties
But problem arise when we look 'bove the shoulders
Head in my hands, I let out a big sigh

PCH - Up from chorus G D G  A

Buying my shirts with the neck in the middle
Reaching down low when I play the fiddle
If you're friends with a Dullahan hygiene's a must
With my head in my arms my eye level is but.... waist... high...

CH

Dullahan, dullahan, what is a dullahan
Dullahan dullahan, a headless human
dullahan dullahan, what is a dullahan
I carry my head in my arms cause I can

V2

I have lots of trouble with all things cabezal
For all of my hats now the brims must be small 
Shaving's chore that ranks quite unpleasant
When you're holding your head up right next to your ball...point pens, (they're quite pokey)

PCH - Up from chorus

Buying my shirts with the neck in the middle
Reaching down low when I play the fiddle
If you're friends with a Dullahan hygiene's a must
With my head in my arms my eye level is but.... waist... high...

[Key change up]

But waist high, oh

CH

Dullahan, dullahan, what is a dullahan
Dullahan dullahan, a headless human
dullahan dullahan, what is a dullahan
I carry my head in my arms cause I can
I carry my head in my arms
Cause I can!

Dullahan's Lament

My children are four and six years old. My first son has many songs written about him, or about becoming a parent. My second son, Bram (Abraham), didn't have any. This has now been rectified. It will burrow into your brain.


C# to G#

CH

B B B Bram, Bram, Bram B Bram
B B B Bram, Bram, Bram B Bram
B B B Bram, Bram, Bram B Bram
B B B Bram

2x speed

V1

My name's little Brammy
I don't eat no hammy
Don't do jam I don't do spam
It comes in little cannies

Sweet potato's kinda yammy
When cold my hands get clammy
A monogram? No thank you, ma'am
Just put that on your jammies

CH

B B B Bram, Bram, Bram B Bram
B B B Bram, Bram, Bram B Bram

V2

I like cars and monster trucks
I like it when they're getting stuck
Spraying out the goop and muck
They'll get out soon with any luck

I enjoy also making messes
Games and toys are what the best is
I'll make a big mess next time
I'll clean it up before this chime

[[chime]]

CH

B B B Bram, Bram, Bram B Bram
B B B Bram, Bram, Bram B Bram
B B B Bram, Bram, Bram B Bram
B B B Bram

[[Claps]]

B-R-A-M
B-R-A-M
B-R-A-M
B-R-A-M


Hey, this chorus sounds a lot like a song about a bird...? 

Ack, ah, shhh keep it down in here, this is a parody, parody, got it?

P-A-RODY
P-A-RODY

(Solo)

CH

B B B Bram, Bram, Bram B Bram
B B B Bram, Bram, Bram B Bram
B B B Bram, Bram, Bram B Bram
B B B Bram

B-R-A-M
B-R-A-M
B-R-A-M
BRAM!

B-B-B-Bram

60's styled mood. Gag song follow-up to Filler 1.

CH

Filler two
Is the one for you
Don't be blue 
it's filler two

V1

Do you want to feel your feelings?
(Sha la la la la)
Do you want to be the real thing?
(sha la la la la)
I think you should be listening
(sha la la la)
to me

There is sun
(sha la la la la)
I'm on the run
(sha la la la)
Filler one is done 
(sha la la la)
making fun of me

[[double-time]]

I put secret glue on his hands
and stuck his hand to his nose
Secret glue on his hands
Stuck the other to his toes

And now he's hopping after me 
and looking really silly

But wait a minute, this song is really about 

V2

Love
(sha la la la la)
And pain
(sha la la la la)
Like having your hand
(sha la la la)
Glued to your face

Oh wait
(sha la la la)
What an awkward gait
(sha la la la)
With his footed-hand
(sha la la la)
He can't walk straight

CH

Filler two
Is the one for you
Don't be blue 
it's filler two

You say I'm unglued, 
You wish you were too
Don't be blue
it's Filler two.

Filler 2

One collab with both of the kiddos.

Bowser and Kirby got Married

(pop-punk call and response)
D, B, D, B, D, B, A, D

CH

Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Find mama Bowser
GO GO GO

D, B, A, G
D, C, B
G, D
G, D
A, C#, D

V1

I've always wondered 'bout Bowser's motivation
What if Princess Peach locked up his wife?
His life seems pretty fraught
With his constant revenge plot
A single dad with 7 kids, I mean that's a lot

CH

Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Find mama Bowser
GO GO GO

[[Recording 1]]

He's got Larry, Morton, Wendy
Iggy Roy and Lemmy
and Ludwig at the end of the line
Bowser Junior's also here, 
But his daddy isn't clear
It comes as no surprise
Bowser's not doing fine

CH

Where's mama Kirby
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Kirby
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Kirby
WE DON'T KNOW
Find mama Kirby
GO GO GO

[[Recording 2]]

D, A
D, G
D, A
G, A

V2
Kirby can beat the bosses
Kirby can eat the bosses
Kirby eats stuff to shoot at the bosses to stay alive


He's the Rogue of Nintendo
His glory, will never end-o
He takes baddies powers to stay alive
and he will never ever ever ever ever die

[Drop chorus]

CH

Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Find mama Bowser
WE GOTTA GO

CH

Where's mama Kirby
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Kirby
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Kirby
WE DON'T KNOW
Find mama Kirby
WE GOTTA GO

So what are they gonna do?
Bowser and Kirby got MARRIED!

Bowser and Kirby got Married

This song is a song that I have created and used to motivate my children to get into the car. It is effective. I have now tracked a full demo. Enjoy it.

First one in the car

CH

I'm gonna be the first one, 
the first one in the car
I'm gonna be the first one, 
the first one in the car

PostCH

Cuz Dad is the fastest
and you are the latest
Cuz Dad is the fastest
and you are the LASTEST

[spoken bit over interlude]

hey, that's cheating you can't pull on shirts; aw man

CH

I'm gonna be the second one, 
the second one in the car
I'm gonna be the second one, 
the second one in the car

PostCH

Cuz Dad is the fastest
and you are the latest
Cuz Dad is the fastest
and you are the LASTEST

[spoken bit over interlude]

Oh you got rockets on your shoes?? Come on, how is that fair at all?

CH

I'm gonna be the third one, 
the third one in the car
I'm gonna be the third one, 
the third one in the car

PostCH

Cuz Dad is the fastest
and you are the latest
Cuz Dad is the fastest
and you are the LASTEST

[spoken bit over interlude]

What??? You guys didn't say MOM was gonna be in this race.

CH

I'm gonna be the last one, 
the last one in the car
I'm gonna be the last one, 
the last one in the car

PostCH

Cuz Dad is the fastest
and you are the latest
Cuz Dad is the fastest
and you are the LASTEST

Coda

Even when I lose, I~ WIIIIIIN!

I'm Gonna Be The First One In The Car

I Want to Write a Circular Song

For SoGF on SongFight

Fix your hearts or die

Siebass

Lyrics

Ch

Fix your hearts or die
Fix your hearts or die
Fix your hearts or die
Fix your hearts or die

V1

You laugh when others trip
Joyous as they drown
The smirk can't pass your lips
A flipped frown is still a frown

Good graces all avoid ya
Or is it only in your head 
As you bathe in schadenfreude 
You're already half dead

Fix your hearts or die
Fix your hearts or die
Fix your hearts or die
Fix your hearts or die

V2

You're lost on a chemical trip
Dopamine flows all wrong
Trying to get a grip
But always grab too strong

I look in through your eyes
To find the good inside 
But staring at the beast is unwise
Are you really alive?

Bridge

What joy in life remains
When in the silver of every lining you see bitter rain
You drain the sweetness from each and every day
If you don't change the sun will burn you away




Fix your hearts or die

V1

It's time to eat
Something high in protein
Iron, fiber 
and vitamin C
time to grab some long baby beans


CH

"They're good for you" 
"Nah, too stringy" 
"A cruntabulous crunch" 
"Then you eat a bunch" 
"Wonderful mouthfeel" 
"Don't feel my mouth!" 
"An excellent munch" 
"Not in my lunch"


"Sprout sprout sprout sprout
Sprout sprout sprout sprout
sprout sprout sprouty sprout
Sprouts"

"I like"
"I don't like"
sprouts.

V2

What do we like about sprouts?
Is it the way they lie about, in tangles?
like vegetable spaghetti
time to grab some long baby beans

Chorus

Bridge


Stick em up your nose 
Now you're a healthy walrus
Shove em in your clothes 
look like a prickly porpoise
Why do marine mammals
Love sprouts so much????


Solo

Drop chorus

"They're good for you" 
"Nah, too stringy" 
"A cruntabulous crunch" 
"Then you eat a bunch" 
"Wonderful mouthfeel" 
"Don't feel my mouth!" 
"An excellent munch" 
"Not in my lunch"


"Sprout sprout sprout sprout
Sprout sprout sprout sprout
sprout sprout sprouty sprout
"Sprout sprout sprout sprout
Sprout sprout sprout sprout
sprout sprout sprouty sprout



CH

"They're good for you" 
"Nah, too stringy" 
"A cruntabulous crunch" 
"Then you eat a bunch" 
"Wonderful mouthfeel" 
"Don't feel my mouth!" 
"An excellent munch" 
"Not in my lunch"




"Sprout sprout sprout sprout
Sprout sprout sprout sprout
sprout sprout sprouty sprout
"Sprout sprout sprout sprout
Sprout sprout sprout sprout
sprout sprout sprouty sprout
sprouts

"I like"
"I don't like"
sprouts.

Sprouts

Stressed out

Lyrics

[Intro/Verse]

rumination agitation tooth bruxation

sutoresu

enervation irritation aggravation

consternation trepidation palpitation

sutoresu

motivation motivation motivation


[CH 1]

Lying in my bed can't tell if its morning or its night
my eyes are closed but I squeezed my dreams too tight
I stare at my pillow, eyes redden with the dawn 
but my brain it just keeps screaming on and on and on

[Intro/Verse]

rumination agitation tooth bruxation

sutoresu

enervation irritation aggravation

consternation trepidation palpitation

sutoresu

motivation motivation motivation


[CH2]

Suddenly I'm driving but I don't remember getting up, 
Blink I'm at my office staring into half a cup 
of lukewarm coffee eyes twitchy itchy under these blue lights
Then home in my basement sink into another blue night

[BR]

The end is getting near
Final deadline's almost here
hold myself together with adrenaline and duct tape
I can't escape

[Drop chorus]

[Solo]

The end is getting near
Final deadline's almost here
hold myself together with adrenaline and duct tape
Responsibilities I can't escape
I can't escape
There's no escape


Sutoresu (ストレス)

Challenge to generate a track from nothing in 60 minutes. I failed, this took 90, but it's done.

kirmish prompt an introduction

Write a song that introduces yourself, what you like to do, show off your personality and how you view and navigate this world.

It doesn't have to be like a dreadful work icebreaker, more like introducing a character in a book or writing a memoir.

Basically, show yourself off as the main character of your song

Host: @heywhatsuphello

Lyrics

Let me introduce myself hot off the shelf

Vintage '83 so fresh and so clean 

so don't forget me though I'm forgetting my keys frequently

Siebass like the fish but I don't like swimming

get sand in places you'll not be forgiven to mention

Intentionally vague but you get my meaning

like a wink and a nod while I look at the ceiling

Used to love those rentals but now I look mental

Lucky my plan has vision and dental

Judgemental clerks and the latest releases

But even though there's no tapes left in the place



Nothing left to rewind but I still try to be

I try to be kind



I hate my job but it pays me well

Blessings so heavy it breaks my back to tell you

I fell too hard into depression and anxiety

a plague to balance luck, living stupid free

Can't change how we feel only twist the reaction

Shifting the framing doesn't feel like taking action

but it gains traction the more you practice, 

building habits you grab it an hold tight

But even though there's no tapes left in the place



Nothing left to rewind but I still try to be



I try to be kind

I Try to Be Kind (Skirmish) (Rough)

Negasi sent me lyrics for the random collab. I tweaked them a bit and came up with this music

Menthol Momentum

Lyrics Negasi

Music Siebass




[Verse]
I'm a lit spark on a chilly day
Up in the air I'm meandering

You're a mixed signal, that's okay

But you won't catch me pandering
Let's set this town alight

See what it has to offer

Soft words and drags in the night
We'll pull every coin out of this coffer



[Chorus]
Menthol momentum
It's a chilly breeze
Menthol momentum
Your lungs won't freeze
Still got momentum
Still going strong
Menthol momentum
Won't you come along

[Verse]

We're on the express train out
There's no slowing down
There's no messing about
Until we leave this town
One way ticket I wanna ride
Feel the speed across my face
From an open window, my mind's outside
This is not a race, this is not a race

[Chorus]
Menthol momentum
It's a chilly breeze
Menthol momentum
Your lungs won't freeze
Still got momentum
Still going strong
Menthol momentum
Won't you come along

[Bridge]
And when it all slows down
And these tracks run out
Will you still be here
Will you sing it loud

[Chorus]
Menthol momentum
Blows by in a chill breeze
Menthol momentum
Take a drag, your lungs won't freeze
Haven't spent all our momentum
We're still going strong
Menthol momentum
Won't you

[Chorus]
Menthol momentum
Blowing by in a chilly breeze
Menthol momentum
Take a drag, your lungs won't freeze
Haven't spent all our momentum
We're still going strong
Menthol momentum
Won't you come along

Menthol Momentum (Negasi Collab)


This one is my magnus opus for FAWM 2025

You'll Never Break it Again

Lyrics

V1

The day 
I gave you my heart 
I was foolish I believed 
in better moments shared when it was you and me

Yeah just you and me
I'd hoped you'd seen
The bridge I built up in between
Plucked from my chest I gifted you a seed

A hopeful seed
Watched you plant it in the ground, a simple mound, brown underground
a tree-to-be

Maybe with some leaves
Shade us in the summer
In the season 

of saffron-colored dreams~

[[interlude]]

V2

But it was just a seed
and it never tree'd
In the darkness of your heart, it couldn't start
just wait for sun that never came

You're not to blame
it's just these brains that let us feel these messy feelings

even when they're not the same~

[[Interlude]]

V3

That's what you get when you give someone 
a gift they didn't ask for, didn't want
Put myself in your shoes, only choices left are
Lose lose

But that don't mean, that we're both wrong
I put back the seed, where it belongs
With all these years, it's grown strong
It burst from the ground to the air as a song

Leaves my verse and sweet harmonies, 
and bittersweet realities this messy life leaves me with, 
it won't feed me with its bitter fruit
That tastes sweet, on the most surprising of days


[solo]

[breakdown quiet part]

Now I need a little help here.
I know sometimes folks do this, but I never have so I wanted to try it out now.
Now the left half of the room, I want you all to sing something for me.  "You'll never break it again". Ready?
3x done

Okay, now right half of the room don't get antsy or feel left out, I was saving a special job for you too, don't worry I've not forgotten. This is call and response, and left side had call, you've got response okay. When they sing, "You'll never break it again" I want you to shout back "NO!", two times, and on the third time, altogether, Left and Right sing "My Heart". So that's No, No, then altogether "My heart"

Here we go, let's try it out:

You'll never break it again (NO!)
You'll never break it again (NO!)
You'll never break it again (My HEA-a-art)

Call-and-response outro (x2 or x3) [Vocal vamping and increasing in pitch and intensity]

You'll never break it again (NO!)
You'll never break it again (NO!)
You'll never break it again (My HEA-a-art)

(You'll never break it and I'll never let you
Keep it inside and I pray I'll forget you)



You'll Never Break it Again

Silly track with some slight tweaks from the 2012 version in terms of level adjustment

The Sea Cucumber Song

Be warned, this is a sad song about coming to terms with the death of my brother, and trying to reach out with my music for people that might be on the edge in my own clumsy way. If you are looking for a happier listen, this one might not be a good one to listen to.

I am thinking of you

Made a song using many "muse" tools to constrain the song. I'm happy with how it turned out.

Here's what I'm working with

-----------PLOT SPLINE

write a song in third person ("he/she/it") in which the main character is addressing the listener. the story takes place in the past, and the scene is a specific place.

-----------STRUCTURE

Chorus verse chorus verse bridge verse chorus

-----------LYRICCLOUD

again anger believe blue deathly draws dust eyes fill head hope life long moist mornin painrains sticky subsides swallow talk travel trust war waves world

-----------TITULAR

pointing for wishes

rains faithful (what I chose)

sting the optimistic donkey

at yellow

in the unchained month

-----------PROGRESSION

F Bb C C. (SAD)

All Chords in Key

F, Gm, Am, Bb, C, Dm, Edim

Rains Faithful

Too many samples from mars to go through

Lyrics

Chorus

What am I gonna do with all of these samples (FROM MARS)
These sounds are so exotic my beats are ample (FROM MARS)
I've got over nine thousand I need examples (FROM MARS)
What am I gonna do with all these samples (FROM MARS)

V1

303 or the 202 or the 101 let's have some fun
My rhymes so deep I rap in my sleep I'm surfin' delta waves got you on the run
On the beach on mars where we drive jet cars take a selfie of my feet cuz I love this place
Got my packs from Mars lightin up the stars, is it a phat new beat or a burp in space? 

(Uh actually you can't burp in space, it's a vacuum)


Chorus

What am I gonna do with all of these samples (FROM MARS)
These sounds are so exotic my beats are ample (FROM MARS)
I've got over nine thousand I need examples (FROM MARS)
What am I gonna do with all these samples (FROM MARS)

V2

Electric saw broken glass on top, or a dog with a golden monkey's paw
A top-hat jingle or a can of pringles in a hallway in a bunker in Arkansas
How can I choose, when I just can't lose, these beats are phatter than an elephant butt
But I can't plan, when I don't understand the sample names got me like .....WHAAAAAAT?

Chorus

What am I gonna do with all of these samples (FROM MARS)
These sounds are so exotic my beats are ample (FROM MARS)
I've got over nine thousand I need examples (FROM MARS)
What am I gonna do with all these samples (FROM MARS)

Siebass

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