Wow.  Great song.  Really love the melody and the chord progression, especially the little hook there at the end of the chorus.  Really great tune.

this chorus is so strong! the harmonies layered on it and how it stands apart from the the rest of the song but also fits right in. very rilo Kiley.

Solid collaboraation.  Powerful line: "If their worlds ever collide and their fireworks ignite". Backing vocals!

nice chorus!!! love the chord progression

Totally nailed the assignment!!! Such a well written song! 

Love the pre-chorus, I definitely connected with that from my own perspective. Sounds like what my wife would have said when we were getting to know eachother. 

this is epic you guys WOW.  love this melodically.  im geeking out over the changes and progressions.  the vocal is beautiful.  challenging too - wow.  so well done.  i LOVE the chords that take us out of the chorus back to the verse they are PHENOMINAL

I Hate When We Don't Talk

I Hate When We Don't Talk (Raw Demo)

Third FAWM track! It was actually the first track I started to write for this, I just kinda lost the plot and was off to other songs and ideas before I came back. Kind of feels like there should be a bridge or an outro, but eh, FAWM is not the place for second-guessing and over-analysis. That's an After February problem.

Lyrics:

Verse 1:
A paperweight could keep me down<
Give or take this bed I made
To drown in.
I digress, I digress:

I'm tangled up,
Spinning round,
Hanging by a thread.

Fireflies and memories,
I'll let you know so you can leave
The light on
When I'm gone, when I'm gone.

A perfect hill to die on,
No summer rain,
To help drift to sleep.

Chorus:
Hang me out,
So my bleeding heart can dry. (Don't let me down x2)
And maybe, if it's broken,
You can find me a new one.

The city lights
Look a little like constellations. (Don't keep me out x2)
When I'm miles away from 
All I love.

Verse 2:
Twist and turn and shed me skin,
The odds and ends and Never-Been's
Control me.
So it goes, so it goes.

The engine purrs and we depart,
But we never grow apart.

I dream of nights I'll never see,
Rolling hills, fallen leaves
Without you.
I'll wake up, I'll wake up.

But a part of me is so afraid,
I'll fall asleep and
Never see you again.

Chorus:
Hang me out,
So my bleeding heart can dry. (Don't let me down x2)
And maybe, if it's broken,
You can find me a new one.

The city lights
Look a little like constellations. (Don't keep me out x2)
When I'm miles away from 
All I love.

Paperweight

The Love Song for February Album Writing Month! Seventh track for the project, I wanted to drop this on Valentine's day for my girl. Sentimental and sickly sweet and vulnerable and honest and stuff.

Lyrics:

Verse 1:
More or less a decade,
That I lost to my depression,
The bitter parts of me collapsed
To time and introspection.

I made mistakes and then I made
A bed down on the floor.
I opened up my scars and
Closed the door.

I cut you out and pushed away,
The people that could help me,
Figured I would save the pain and
Let them all down gently.

I'll keep the story short,
But in the end I always knew,
The one who waited for me,
Was you.

Pre-Chorus:
Yeah, you always bring me back,
To parking lots and cold parades.
Playing Daylight at your bedside,
Taking graveyard shifts at midnight.

Those sad and lonely kids,
Just sharing sad and lonely spaces.

Chorus:
Don't you know
You're good enough?
Cuz, babe these days, without you,
I'm missing all your pieces.

It's all I want,
To fall back in bed beside you.
I'll, once again, remind you,

That every single song
I try to write
Just ends up being about you,
And all my goddamn feelings,

But I never run,
If we can hide.
If we can hide.

Verse 2:
People say to stay in touch,
When they end their conversations,
As if pain can't find a way to write
The words to Good Vibrations.

You fake it in your smile,
And then you fake it in your heart,
And before you know it,
This is where you are.

All our talks were more than making
Quips about the weather,
All the bits and banter made each
Day a little better.

Letting the walls fall down a again,
It's easier with trust,
When the people we will always have
Are us.

Pre-Chorus 2:
Yeah, you always bring me back
To missing shortcuts just to wander.
Rolling dice and reading magazines,
Laughing at bad movie scenes.

Those lost and lucky kids,
Getting lost and lucky together.

Chorus:
Don't you know
You're good enough?
Cuz, babe these days, without you,
I'm missing all your pieces.

It's all I want,
To fall back in bed beside you.
I'll, once again, remind you,

That every single song
I try to write
Just ends up being about you,
And all my goddamn feelings,

But I never run,
If we can hide.
If we can hide.

Bridge:
Sittin' on the bridge
In the middle of the night,
When the party got a little too loud.

You'll never be a person
In the background,
No, you'll never be a
Face in the crowd.

It's hard to just be honest
When your head's a big mess,
But I never thought
My love could ever last long.

But then, I never had a person
In my life who ever made me wanna
Write a bunch of sappy
Little love songs.

Slippin' on the ice on
New Year's Eve,
Singin' in the Rain,
On a signpost.

Billy Joe struggling
On the chorus,
Better let the crowd
Sing the part with the high note.

I never had a friend who made
Me fall so far,
Never had a lover
Make me laugh hard.

Don't you know that all the
Little pieces of you,
They fit into the
Shape of my heart.

All your pieces.

All Your Pieces

Still Falling (Demo - 15 Feb 2024)

It's A Wonderful Day (Andrea B, J. Bakke)- collab DEMO for FAWM (2024)

Realize

Damn right I got the blues...

TP: EZ Drummer, Bass, Guitars, Wurly, B-3 organ, Vocals

FAWM 2024 - Track 14: Slow Motion Trainwreck Blues

Last* song for FAWM 2024!

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*Probably


LYRICS...

So long, it’s been emotional
Really, I ain’t just saying it to please you
I always miss you so much
‘Cause baby you’re the only one
Baby, you’re the only one
Baby, you’re the only one
I’ll ever need

Each year, gone so quickly
You blink and oh you missed it
At least I hope to see you again
‘Cause baby you’re the only one
Baby, you’re the only one
Baby, you’re the only one
I’ll ever need

And if I promise to be here
Same ol’ time, only next year
Would you promise to be here too?

‘Cause baby you’re the only one
Yeah baby you’re the only one
Baby, you’re the only one I’ll ever need

And if I promise to be here
Same ol’ time, only next year
Would you promise to be here too?

So long, it’s been emotional
Same way it always is when we
Do this, you know I’ll miss you so much
‘Cause baby you’re the only one
Baby, you’re the only one
Baby, you’re the only one
I’ll ever need
Baby, you’re the only one
Baby, you’re the only one
Baby, you’re the only one
I’ll ever need

So Long, It's Been Emotional

LYRICS, VOCALS: @caitlin-sigler
MUSIC: @ampersandman

Machines

DORIE

Collaboration with Sandra Bayona

V1
This premature obsession        
is consuming everything
My head is stuck in heaven         
I can hear the angels sing 

V2
I heard your voice among them    
I am following the sound        
Trying to get close to you        
but can’t get off the ground 

PC
Your smile keeps me guessin’        
And you’ll never tell                        
Now I’ve got a question             
Do I have a chance in hell   

C  
If their worlds ever collide        
and their fireworks ignite             
Watch all the stars align          
Like she dreamed of all this time    

V3
I can’t seem to reach you        
though you’re not far away
The moment my lips open       
all my words evaporate        

V4
In my dreams we are together        
and there’s no wasted time                        
I found my voice and caught you                
I was brave enough to climb      

PC
Your smile keeps me guessin’        
And you’ll never tell            
Now I’ve got a question        
Do I have a chance in hell        

C  
If their worlds ever collide        
And their fireworks ignite                 
Watch the stars align            
Like she dreamed of all this time  

Like she dreamed of all this time

Like She Dreamed Of All This Time - Co-write with Sandy Bayona

Susan Veit Heslin

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