Feb 2022 broken marraige moving on
The lyrics are self explanatory and I guess we all can relate in a way. I tried a couple of genres but this sort of Soul.R&B worked best for me.
Lyrics - Paul Dempsey
Music and Vocals - Billy Playle
Going Through The Motions
You roll over in bed away from my touch
I only wanted to say goodnight wasn’t asking much
I lay here awake and I sense that you are too
Both of us afraid not knowing the right thing to do
We used to hold each other and talk and laugh
Now it doesn’t seem right even holding your hand
Some days you smile and it makes me so hopeful
Then we’d go for days where hardly a word is spoken
We’re going through the motions
Breathing, walking through a bad dream
Getting through each day just working and being
Putting on an act for everyone else
But by going through the motions
it’s causing too much pain for both of us
I try to talk but you only throw me a word
And when I kiss you you’re cold to my touch
Is it me or have we grown apart we both want different things
Coz maybe it’s not fair on each other to carry on like this
We’re going through the motions
Breathing, walking through a bad dream
Getting through each day just working and being
Putting on an act for everyone else
But by going through the motions
It’s causing too much pain
You know I wish I was stronger to draw the line under us
But then I’d worry that we’d wasted all these years
Guess it must be a solid love to have got this far
But I wonder if we walked away we’d be much happier
We’re going through the motions
Breathing, walking through a bad dream
Getting through each day just working and being
Putting on an act for everyone else
But by going through the motions
It’s causing too much pain
For both of us
@arthurrossi Feb 2022
Very poignant and beautifully written lyrics. The soulish touch of the lovely music and of your voice are absolutely spot-on! Excellent work!
@kadmad202 Feb 2022
Soul RnB was exactly the right way to go here. The production is fantastic and the vocals (that falsetto - oooh) and harmonies are spot-on. And these lyrics - on par with every great RnB song I've ever heard.
Wow!
@jeff9 Feb 2022
Love me some blue-eyed soul. Super well-done here, Billy. Definitely you were channeling your inner Michael McDonald. Great arrangement and sonics all around.
@readwrite Feb 2022
I'm so impressed by the depth and breadth of this -- such a real story, well told, the awareness of the other's perspective partly understood; and all the skill you have putting the music together. It's the more remarkable, because I have just listened to your troubadour collaboration!
@oswlek Feb 2022
You are an inspiration, Billy. It would take me months to put a poor facimile of this together. The only thing missing is a Michael McDonald cameo!
Great work.
@b3nut Feb 2022
Oh yeah, love the R&B groove, chord progressions are dope. You can feel the pain in the music and lyric...this is just excellent. Right on...
@guitarpatz83 Feb 2022
Ah, this is great. Lovely laid back feel and sort of reminds me of some of the great 80s R&B sad love songs. There’s a touch of Go West in the vocals, you’ve got quite a unique vocal styling with lovely control. Music is fab too, that bass that sits through most of the mix but adds some really nice flourishes really holds the feel together.
@blainev83 Feb 2022
Fantastic vocal! Loved this so much.