Time Bomb

Written, Performed and Produced by Sarah Paradise-Brown

This track is not yet mastered.. it may be a bit quiet... will do another mix before this becomes the final version.  This song will complete my album due for release on 22nd Sept (This year!) 🤪

Sometimes I feel nobody
But a stand-in for everybody
An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

You know my trophies
The prizes they bring
They don’t win me love
They don’t mean a thing
Those medals will just turn to rust
What matters is I'm good enough

Not good enough for you
I can feel it's true
Got the world in my hands
But I'm losing you
Oh I'm shinning bright
But it's all out of view

Not good enough for you
What more can I do

Love me when I am only
Too old and just sad and lonely
An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

No matter if my world is falling down
My world is falling down
My world is falling down

You know my trophies
The prizes they bring
They don’t win me love
They don’t mean a thing
Those medals will just turn to rust
What matters is I'm good enough

Not good enough for you
I can feel it's true
Got the world in my hands
But I'm losing you
Oh I'm shinning bright
But it's all out of view

Not good enough for you
What more can I do

An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

Good Enough For You

I do love it when your brain just locks into an idea and it feels effortless to create something.  

I also like it when MY brain does that, too!  And that's what happened with "Quibble"--the latest Interbay track to drop exclusively here on SoundCloud.    

At 114bpm, it grooves instead of sprints.  The palette of sound colors is limited to just a few and the grind of repetition is a feature on this track, not a bug.  There is progression and there is acceleration, as the energy level of the song does built throughout the tracks length.  

And the lyrics construct a narrative that is about storytelling techniques and escaping a seemingly inevitable fate--"the magic of quibbles."  That sure feels like a worthy topic to make an Interbay song about!  

Is there at least a little bit of Rufus Du Sol influence here?  I think so.  Your mileage may vary, of course.  

"Keep your eyes out for those sly quibbles."  

Heading into the weekend, this slightly dark but still worthy of an enthusiastic dance track feels perfectly timed.  Hopefully you'll give this one a listen, a like, a repost and share.  Add it to a groovy dance playlist.  Leave a comment.  

Most of all, please give this page a follow.  If you'll look, there's nearly 500 original tracks in the back catalog of Interbay here--and all of these have been posted one per day for nearly 500 consecutive days.  That means, so far, every day brings a new surprise present for you to open up and check out--of course, it's always the same...a new Interbay track...but, those tracks sure aren't going to sound the same as each other!  

Worth it?  I think it is...though some may quibble with that admittedly biased opinion.

You should make your own decision.  To do that, you need to listen...and you should follow!

"Quibble" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Running on water

Crypto Obsession

Mia Wray - Ghost In My Machine (feat. Gabrielle Aplin) (cover)

We are all gods

Amantis

The Bunker

let me feel you this moment

"...desire is such a double edged sword."  

(As I predicted, the minute I said that I was proud of the song I dropped yesterday ("Qurious"), I'd condemned it to lower than average listens and likes...  It deserves better--so, if you haven't checked it out yet, please...when you're done listening to THIS track and liking it, check out YESTERDAY'S track too!  Your extra effort is appreciated.)  

There's been a lot of electronic dance music escaping Phantom Laboratories West and finding their way onto SoundCloud as Interbay tracks--not a lot of the post-punk stuff that is DEFINITELY an important part of the story and sound of Interbay.  

Today, though...you're getting one--full of guitars, tom tom heavy beats, and still with plenty of synths to keep the main "Electronic" tag accurate.    

The name of the track is ironic--and it probably deserves to be "Timidity (Risk vs Reward)" or even "Risk vs Reward (Timidity)"--but the temporary file name for this track was "Timidity" and I think that's a cool name for a hard rocking but still danceable track.  

In order to earn yourself a reward, you'll have to accept some risk.  You may fail.  You may lose.  But, there's a chance you won't--there's a chance you'll win.  In fact, the only chance you have to win is to risk failing and losing.  

Easy, when you have a lot to lose.  You can shrug off a lost as the cost of doing business.  But, when you don't have a lot...can you really afford to risk losing what little you have?  And yet...you have to, if you want to have any chance to improve your situation.  

I'm at the age now where I have to convince my brain that something is better than nothing, that there is no straw that will break the camel's back...there's just the chances you'll HAVE to take, to keep yourself alive.  

Doesn't make it easier, just because it is necessary.  

In this way, I think the lyrics match the tension and the energy found in this track.  It works for me, I hope it does for you, too!  

(But, I have learned my lesson.  I won't dare say that I'm proud of my "Timidity."  That's a risk I simply can't afford to take.)


R.I.P. Astrid Peth  
(Someone who really exemplifies the glorious rewards earned by risking it all.  Allons-y, Astrid!)

"Timidity" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Post-punk, dance, indie, electronic, and mutant pop in various styles (seriously!)--new tracks being posted daily (every day for over a year, so far!)

Interbay is the new project of Peter Greyy (previously of Cremation Dance and DangerScience), based out of Seattle and Phantom Laboratories West.

"Timidity" SoundCloud Exclusive

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