Love the variation in the intensity of this song. Also the backing vocals work great. I could see this working really well in band with some electric guitars

Love the melody in this. The chorus in particular!

A complete picture of a song. Love the BV s. 🙌🏼👏🏼❤️

Once again I'm enjoying the vocal panning, and as always vivid lyrics!

Also going to pile on the "BV vocals are dandy" bandwagon.

I enjoy how the chorus is quite dark harmonically and the melody is very strong all the way through. The double-tracking works really well, too!

Ooh, I really like that dual vocal reverb part! This is a really awesome song so far, Paula!

@julia-tindall-bloom I got the idea of the bv from a song by Bleachers and now I can't stop using it hahaha it's my favorite thing ever. thank you so much, Julia! 

Artwork by my amazing friend Cecilia Balvidares ❤️
*the phrase "the fish dies by its mouth" is commonly used in Spanish to refer to someone being caught by what he/she said, basically giving yourself away by saying something you were not supposed to.

Lyrics:

The sound of the crackle on the phone,
painful reminder I should be gone.
Tick tock of the clock, it's my curfew.
Why can't I leave this place without you?

Burn down your pictures in the fireplace
cause I'd be doomed if I left one trace.
And it's just the state I'm in, it's so hard to get me out.
Wish I could hold your hand, without feeling like a sellout.

I'd runaway without a plan,
so far no one would understand, can I
count on you now? Count on you, oh...
Speeding cars and shades of grey,
burning tires on the highway, I
count on you now, count on you now.
I'll throw these handcuffs out the window,
let them fall on the river.

Cold black coffee stains on the paper,
same old reverie will get to me sooner or later.
One glass of wine, a moment I replay
over and over just to see the look on your face.

The ceiling fan is turning slower than me.
I go from what I should do and how I want you next to me.
Soon I'll overload my ability to lie,
the fish will die by its mouth* covered by the light.

(Chorus)

How much of this? 
(How I want you next to me)
Same old reverie.
How much of this?...
(How I want you next to me)
How much of this is the same old reverie?
(How I want you next to me)

Count on you now, I count on you now.

Speeding cars and shades of grey,
burning tires on the highway, I
count on you now, count on you now.
I'll throw these handcuffs out the window,
let them fall on the river.

Reverie

26. the girl with bad karma.
My first EP "the demos" is out now! https://open.spotify.com/album/5HW6gAvQ3LcAqM16ynT1yx?si=EwKDGTw6TQmxxmFxjCrqcQ

(This Silence Is So) Loud:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2dZMZ9pWzo1bmAosxO5WWa?si=mCZc_-GhSJaC8VkQ8jeURA

Like a Kid: https://open.spotify.com/track/3P9DWi9yh66lLQKUoOZgD8?si=HqxH3FICRZuGbyGu6_ijUw

Shaped Like You feat @lossketches :
https://open.spotify.com/track/5ypE55qUIeLFh1ZYX7AbE9?si=TGMWJpTrQmWOF_ppLXF_lQ

Currently writing a song every week on www.songaweek.org

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