Skirmish song. Cleaning was the prompt.
Copyright Elisabeth Garber-Miller 2022
Verse
I didn't mean to do it
I guess I didn't think
I suppose I must have had
Way to much to drink
Verse
I guess that we were fighting
But I just can't recall
When I finally woke up
I was lying in the hall
Chorus
Now it's time to do some cleaning
Wrap the body in a sheet
Grab the jug of Clorox
Gotta be discreet
The kitchen floor is gleaming
I washed the bloody knife
No one will ever know
That someone lost their life
Verse
I drive out to the country
Dump the body there
I used a rental car
Covered up my face and hair
Repeat Chorus
Bridge
Each time I say
It's gonna be the last
But something snaps inside me
Oh so fast, so fast
Repeat Chorus
@ambroise Apr 2022
Hilarious and frightening !
I though I heard Nick Cave's voice singing alond in chorus for this murder ballad.
I love how the lyrics is still blury at the begining, but the music tells us something dramatic just happened.
Rethinking of the title after I understood the topic of the song made me laugh. And that surprise on the bridge !
Also : nice unexpected use of the ukulele.
@nancycunning Mar 2022
Oooh, the spooky uke. Great work. That's a great skirmish story. The gruesomeness and then that last bridge to let us see this is a habitual spooky uke stalker...When you release it on your album, it could be fun to really lean into those syllables SOME - ONE. I'm imagining Mack the Knife might be a fun track to listen to to explore all the ways you could take your interpretation.
@elainedimasi Mar 2022
Congrats on a great take on the prompt! I am laughing as I listen, because if my kitchen were found to be as clean as you describe, I am certain folks would conclude that I had had to bury a body or two...
Yay for the uke here and the stoic vocal delivery. The plot twist in the bridge is awesome!
@kiffa Mar 2022
I love that this is what you got from the simple prompt "cleaning". This is wonderfully dark. The 'I woke up to find that I've murdered someone... again' story reminds me of a song that my brother and I did back in 1989, which had lines like "They were my buddies in the poker club/Now their bodies were in the tub" lol. I haven't written anything like that in a long time, but that song *did* have "Part 1" in the title, so maybe 33 years later it's time for the sequel!
@leslie333 Feb 2022
I had to listen to this again - morbid ukulele - I love it. Very creepy!
@quork Feb 2022
Oh, this is the kind of black(out?) song I love. The uke rhythm on the beat is effective, as is the reverb. Great lyrics and delivery. And oh that twisted bridge. Nice one.
@oaksnprairie Feb 2022
Wonderfully sinister ukulele. And the extra twist at the end: “each time I say” is chilling.
@abudabard12514 Feb 2022
I always try to do a passive and an active listen to everything, and on the passive listen my gut reaction was like "Ah, very nice tune. This melody and lyric would sound really good in Italian. If I spoke Italian I'd offer to translate so I could test that hypothesis, alas."
On the active listen, I realized the song is literally about friggin murdering somebody. So that's a treat!
@winchperry Feb 2022
Wow this is totally matching up with me binge watching Search Party (TV show) right now. Similar story line. Good skirmish
@eas3637 Feb 2022
So I read the lyrics this morning before I had access to my earplugs and they CREEPED ME OUT! I was so excited to come back later today to hear the tune. Your staccato beat and minor key are a perfect companion to maximize the fear factor. Great job!!
@dzdandcunfsd Feb 2022
Oh my! :D I'm so glad I didn't read the lyric first... I'm thinking yah, been there, but I've never been THERE hahah. Yeah you've got some serious cleaning to get done! Is that a uke? you may of murdered that poor thing too, sounds great!
@mikeb Feb 2022
Wow, not expecting a murder coverup on uke! Specially from a serial killer! LOL
I think you've been watching too many Marvel shows on Netflix!
@mikehex Feb 2022
Such a great dark funny song. I laugh, then get worried about laughing, then another line makes me laugh again... the uke is perfect.
@erbaer Feb 2022
This is why I stopped going to parties at your place. People simply disappear... but the kitchen looks good.
@kenmattsson Feb 2022
This is amazing! You've made the ukulele feel gruesome. The bridge is quite the turn! Such a departure for you! Congrats!
@chickenjail Feb 2022
On behalf of the country: please stop bringing us your bodies!! lol
Nice build. I didn't know where it was going until the chorus, and then the bridge gave some more context.
@metalfoot Feb 2022
Oh wow. This is pretty dark too! "Each time I say/It's gonna be the last" -- what?! How many times has this happened exactly? LOL Oh dear!
@jodv Feb 2022
Hahah love the twisted take on the prompt. I get a little bit of a "No Body, No Crime" vibe (that's a good thing)
@sheilerk Feb 2022
Oh my!! Who would have thought cleaning would turn into mayhem! Or mayhem would turn into cleaning? Unique take on the prompt. Well done!
@vivalarayna Feb 2022
Thank goodness I'm not the only one who went to the lyrical dark side! That bridge... OMG. Total plot twist and I love it. Very nice musical treatment that really lends to the suspense.