The Sinking

Song #41 from the song-a-week challenge (theme: Water)

Lyrics:

Turn this Water

It’s the 11th hour,
See the setting sun,
Time is of the essence,
But yours is done. 

It’s a look in the eye,
It’s a furrowed brow,
It’s a knock at the door,
It’s a reasonable doubt.

But your miracles won’t save you now.

You know you’re running out of time,
To turn this water into wine,
Oh yes you’re running out of time
To turn that water into wine.

The bell is ringing for you,
At the bar,
An idling engine,
In a moonlit car.

It’s a broken promise,
It’s a crumbling crown,
It’s a defeaning pin-drop,
In a silent crowd.

Oh your miracles can’t save you now. 

Chorus

Turn This Water

Rooted

I am a huge fan of Phoebe Bridgers and she often uses a verse to describe a unique conversation. So I decided to take a stab at that this week. Feel like it helps paint the picture of the song in a unique way.

Lyrics: 
I saw you painting your garden
And asked if you were alright
You didn’t quite hear me 
I said it happens all the time 

She asked my about my mother
And if she’s doing alright 
I told her she’s in pain 
And running out of time 

Comfort is a coma 
And death is a sting
Coming awake
Knee deep in blessings
Knee deep in blessings

I opened all the windows
To let the darkness out
The old dusty piano 
Sits quiet by itself 

The sun the only thing to
Ever press its keys 
How lonely it must feel
To never get to sing

knee deep (r/songaweek)

Off My Back

This is the least effort I've ever expended on a song 😅

Never before have I written anything with so little effort and time. Every track I've written in my life, I've put my all into (within time constraints). At the very minimum I'll spend hours + loads of time tweaking details.

This, I spent a couple of hours on... It's what I get for having spent all week just chatting shit. I spent lots of time TALKING about writing music and spent little time actually writing. All I can do is own the terribleness... At least it's better than not having written a song???

2023-07-12 Song A Week - Simples!

Quick one this week - bashed out in a couple of hours for the /s/songaweek deadline so don't expect too much. Week 28, theme is "Greed".

Avaricious Singularity

Week 9 Theme - Greed.

I think my original idea was great. However, something was lost in translation during the writing process.  My recording was sloppy and the arrangement doesn't feel right. It ended up feeling rather lacklustre. However I'm still happy that I attempted to capture the idea.

Greed can be insidious and consuming. Yet it is beautiful and innate to all of us - greed is desire, ambition, striving for something better.

Selenic

polytonal

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