This FAWM is gonna be full of rough demos, but I’ll go back and add harmonies to this guy later on. TW for a bit of swearing.
It’s two in the morning and I’m here again
Just thinking about the things I could have been
I stare at the ceiling as I lay in bed
With so many questions running through my head
Am I a narcissistic asshole and impulsive piece of shit
Who people just pretend to tolerate at best?
Am I a victim of a former gifted child analysis
Which left me with the false assumption I’m a cut above the rest?
Have I been burdened a tendency to torch my happiness
Because I never learned to look before I leap?
Does everyone actually hate me or do I need to get some sleep?
I mull it all over every single night
Trying to remember when I got it right
There’s gotta be something I got going for me
But all of these questions just won’t let me be
Would it be better in the long run if I dug a giant hole
And made myself a secret bunker underground?
Or is that just another weird idea I’ll never follow through on
When it comes to me and common sense, it’s nowhere to be found
Do other people talk about me as a cautionary tale?
A vaguely disappointing failure and black sheep?
Does everyone actually hate me or do I need to get some sleep?
Am I the worst thing that could happen to the people that I love
And they all secretly regret the day we met?
Am I a burden to the universe by daring to exist
Because somehow I still believe I could be something better yet?
Why is it people seem to like the surface version I portray
But make an exit when they get a bit too deep?
Does everyone actually hate me or do I need to get some sleep?
@ambroise Mar 2022
The gap between harsh dark humour words and cool smooth music is hilarious. Gosh that slide guitar...
Plus I relate easily to the song because I definitively need to get some sleep.
@nancyrost Feb 2022
Insightful, and goes down easy with the wit and smooth vocal stylings. Sleep, there's a concept to ponder during FAWM!
@tomslatter Feb 2022
This song is lots of fun.
I've often suffered from imposter syndrome. On the other hand, I have much stronger feeling that everyone is even worse so it balances out.
@ggallagher Feb 2022
ah! So good to hear your stuff again! This is so reaaaaal. The specificity in "and made myself a secret bunker underground?/ Or is that just another idea I'll never follow thru on?" is especially fabulous
@nuno Feb 2022
Glad to see you are here this year and straight in with a song displaying all your talent and wit. As with many others, this feels a very familiar train of thought. Looking forward to hearing more.
@jennakole Feb 2022
fuck. this is really good. why are we so mean to ourselves? also, how the hell did you record my daily self-hating ruminations?
@stephenwordsmith Feb 2022
Oh, sure, put up a trigger warning for swearing and not the naked dissection of the 'gifted' dealing with the guilt and shame of a lifetime of "only" being as good as everyone else...
You articulate this relatable content so well I feel personally attacked.
I like the contrast between the short, universal verses and the waterfall choruses where everything and nothing tumbles out at once, all in that narrative voice which is uniquely yours and yet speaks for a vast swathe of people, myself included.
Amazing start.
@tawny249 Feb 2022
The way you sing this is appropriately tongue-in-cheek, and I love that. You packed a lot of lyrics in here but it sounded very natural and understandable as someone's thoughts winding around in their head at night. I am so glad you're back. I still laugh remembering that one song about drunkenly eating Chinese food, for the record.
@bradbrubaker Feb 2022
Oh, snap pedal steel. Adds to the woozy sleepy question. Very relatable tune asking the same questions I ask myself, but in a much more clear and concise way. Great tune.
@jimdgreen Feb 2022
love this . . so relatable
@aaronnathans Feb 2022
Oh, Rose. It's great to have you back! Love this song. I identify.
@unpronounceable Feb 2022
I would call this a pandemic anthem. So relatable and well-written. Really captures anxious nighttime thought with a great cadence in your lyrics.
@coolparadiso Feb 2022
Excellent song, needs very little to be on the big playlists. Love the run of words spat. Straight off the slightly edgy country channel! Very enjoyable.
Great lyric
@robhowell Feb 2022
Your lyrics are brilliant!