Feb 2022 country-folk uninspired
So... this began with an old lyric--a couple of phrases pulled from a song I toyed with writing 5 or 6 years ago during a bout where I felt, as many writers do at times, that I had absolutely nothing new to offer any genre. The past few days I've felt rather uninspired, and when looking through old notebooks, I saw this sheet and laughed. I took it as a challenge to write the song.
And now it's out of my system and I can focus on other things.
I’ve got nothing left to say and new ideas won’t come my way
My melodies and hooks I’ve heard before.
The same old syllables are stressed, the same old tunes, they’re just redressed
A different colored rug on the same floor.
It’s one more same old song, and hope you’ll still sing along
New ideas won’t come my way, I’ve become my own cliché
A record shipping in the same old chords.
I buckle down and type away, repeating all work and no play
And leave great expectations in the drawer
And even when I play new chords, they’re only ones I’ve heard before.
But I know deep inside me are symphonies, crossing genres, blending styles and bending minds,
Sonatas and cantatas and librettos, suites and fugues, hidden somewhere in me I can’t find
And even when I play new chords, they’re only ones I’ve heard before.
It’s one more same old song, and hope you’ll still sing along
I’ve got nothing new to say, (A different colored rug on the same floor
I’ve become my own cliché (A record skipping in the same old chords)
There is nothing new under the sun
@coolparadiso Feb 2022
Great line A different colored rug on the same floor. lovely flow! nice subtle delay. very clever concept. Very good song
@stephenwordsmith Feb 2022
A relatable subject, and one I've been pretty over-reliant on over the years, goodness knows, but what a delivery! Your lyrical phrasing is so glib and tumbles in a gentle torrent over the percussive rocks underneath. You go into a fair amount of detail about the particulars of the process yet the tone never strays from its songlike self. And at the end where the armour-piercing observations come out in their short blunt lines... just fantastic.
@mhorning Feb 2022
And once again Mikey is hitting a little too close to home. Like when I finally write something in E-minor, can't sing it, so transpose it and... I wrote in A-minor (again) just with extra steps. *sigh*
@mikehind Feb 2022
Fantastic! This sums up exactly what it feels like!
@wurzelfrau Feb 2022
Yes, I love the harmonies. such a beautiful song!
@singingsister Feb 2022
This is a great song and really speaks to something I think all artists go through. I love this line: "And leave great expectations in the drawer"
made me think of my journal sitting next to me in my drawer with the lyrics of the song that I'm trying to finish for FAWM righ now!
Great work :)
@metricula Feb 2022
I kinda like songs about songs, and wanting to write something "new" but kinda *knowing* it's not happening. I think there's a lot of vulnerability but also joy in doing it anyway, and "hoping people sing along." But also... lol, the feeling of needing to get it out of your system anyway because you've seen bits of it sitting for YEARS. I've got one like that I've tried working on today and... lol, same
@maesparrow Feb 2022
This is? So good???? Incredibly professional and beautiful. The guitars are amazing and so is your voice and then the harmonies!!!! One of my fawm-favorites untill now! Cheers!