Made against lshtmapoomp in a ""competition""
Tags: 4 chord song and advertisement sample

listen to his track: https://soundcloud.com/lshtmapoomp/i-think-youre-in-the-tone

Kroitvad

literally anyone can do it 01

This is a quick demo of a song which was also written really quickly, in a couple of hours. I think I needed to write it. It came from another dream I had, this time about escaping the claustrophobia of daily life with a new love...sooooo...a bit of a guilty dream!

I am vulnerable about my vocals on this which were done with folks in the house, so I didn't really let go. I'm not really working on my voice right now but one of my projects for later this year is to get some vocal coaching and strengthen my upper range. These are definitely placeholder vocals! The backing is just a single, one-shot audio recorded straight from my looper, so again - just a quick job to give an idea.

LYRICS
V1
I can’t settle
To anything
I pace from room to room
And dream of sprouting wings

But I’m grounded
And so tired
Can’t muster even strength enough 
to step outside

It’s so heavy
Living here
I have to medicate 
To numb the fear

Chorus
I lost my way
Come, find me in the maze
I know you think of me
Like more than a friend

I lost my spark
Come, hold me in the dark
Hold up a light
Ignite me again
uh-oh uh-oh uh-oh uh-oh 
Where I am 
nobody can find me
I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope
With our smoke signal
The world will find me

V2
It’s not sexy
Feeling grey
I know you think I’m happy
Well, I’m happy to fake

Put some colour
In my face
Call my name in all the corners
Of these rooms I pace

Our fire
Will burn it down
Then I’m gonna pack the smallest bag
and leave this town

Chorus
I lost my way
Come, find me in the maze
I think you think of me
Like more than a friend

I lost my spark
Come, hold me in the dark
Hold up a light
Ignite me again

I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope
With our smoke signal
The world will find me
uh-oh uh-oh uh-oh uh-oh 
Where I am
nobody can find me

Bridge
You’re all I want
You’re all I want
Come light me up
Babe, don’t say you can’t 
(Babe, don’t be a ****)

Smoke Signal

This one is a bit of a cheat so far as FAWM is concerned, as it was finished in November 2023 - BUT I originally joined FAWM this year with the intention of using it as a nudge to properly record my EP of 3 piano-based "heartbreak" ballads, of which this is the first in the trilogy.

Nobody much writes about love and the longevity. But those who are committed to relationships of longer than a decade must be able to relate to the truth that there is both enduring love, and love as a test of endurance.

Luckily, I've found that writing songs about love - real love, and every nuance therewithin (suffering, doubt, disappointment, hope, joy) - helps us move through more gracefully and consciously.

Enjoy! This isn't mastered and I still have some harmony vocals to add.


LYRICS

I thought it would be fun
I thought that we were good
It felt like we’d be fine
I really thought we would

You’d buried your gun
The day we hiked into the woods
I had dropped a line of crumbs
Every place we stood

We were kissing by the stream,
running down the slope
Learning how to dream, 
learning how to hope
Dancing by the lake, 
dipping in our feet
Forgetting ‘bout the grey
Of the city streets 

Then life came round
It took us down

20 years here strangling my hopes
20 years of you handing me the ropes
Noose around my neck, living in a box
Hangin’ all my dreams with your slipknots

I knew you were the one
But I misunderstood
And now I know the truest love
Can get lost in the woods

I blamed you for the crumbs
That got eaten by the birds
Now I can hear a gun
Exploding in your harshest words

We’re fighting in the car,
I’m crying in the street
I'm staring at the sky
You're staring at your feet
Learning how to hide
This from all our friends
Forgetting all our hopes 
For a happy end

But the whole damn town
Sees us go down

20 years here strangling your hopes
20 years of me handing you the ropes
Noose around your neck, marriage on the rocks
Hangin’ all your dreams with my slipknots

How we got here, only we know
I can’t bear to see you hang your head low
Please don’t look at me standing in the docks
Hangin’ all our dreams with slipknots

I thought you were fearless
I wish you could hear this
Remember when we made our vows? 
(So sure)
Can we bring that here, now?

Kissing by the stream, 
running down the slope
Learning how to dream,
learning how to hope
Dancing by the lake, 
dipping in our feet
Everything was you, 
everything was me

You were skipping stones,
I was watching you
Till then I’d never known
How it could be with two
Singing you my songs, 
Learning how to trust
This is real love
This is more than lust…

Slipknots (Unmastered)

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