I saw the capo challenge so tried the capo at the 11th fret --- my highest capoed song ever. Even capoed my voice a bit for fun. At the very end you can hear the weird otherworldly sounds from the other side of the capo.
2 down 12 to go!
Why they gotta cheat
Why they gotta steal
Why they gotta hurt
And make people feel bad
Why they gotta waste
All the beautiful things
Why they gotta be sad
It’s just the way of the world
Why they gotta yell
Why they gotta break stuff
Why they got to cuss
And make a big scene
Why they gotta say all them terrible things
Why they gotta be mean
It’s just the way of the world
@bethdesombre Feb 2022
A cheery depressing song -- love the way both your guitar and voice sound (and especially the vocals at the end) I also love the rhyme scheme you set up in V1. Lovely!
@vomvorton Feb 2022
Ooh I love the sound of a high-capoed guitar! Really sweet sounding song with a nicely relatable lyric. Love the wordless high vocal at the end and the outro is unusual and fun!
@edwardsmusic Feb 2022
Since the capo is so high up, the guitar sounds reminiscent of a mandolin. I like the hushed capo vocals; I enjoyed my listen!
@dock Feb 2022
Beautiful ditty, You make the guitar sound rich even though it sounds small. You capo voice fits perfectly.
@jlampson Feb 2022
I love how different the guitar sounds from what we'd normally hear on a song like this - you took the capo challenge to new heights on both your guitar and your voice!
The song itself is a nice introspection and observation of events. Well done, and I'm looking forward to hearing more!
@seanbrennan Feb 2022
Was not ready for those sounds at the end! What a fun tune - compositionally, not topically. Unfortunately, that's exactly how it is: the world can be a cruel and unfeeling place sometimes. That's why we have to carve out little pockets and find "our" people, like FAWM! Now if we can figure out how to not make that into a tribal war every time we find "our" people on the national and global scale...
It's crazy how it sounds like a whole other instrument when you capo it that high. Did it feel like you were going to saw through your fingers at any minute?