Feb 2022 electric-mandola person-with-mandola love sweet
I came up with the chorus riff for this a couple days ago and really loved it...the chorus words floated into my head while I was playing it, so I build the whole thing around that. Another GarageBand experiment.
Today was another hard day
I know you've had a lot of those lately
Everything feels like a mess
Been a while since you knew it'd turn out okay
Now you lie in bed
With the day on replay in your mind
Wondering whether the tension will ever unwind
But I will stay awake with you
I will stay awake with you
I am not going to say
That life will look better tomorrow
And I am not going to tell you
That every day you'll be subject to sorrow
No one can say
What's waiting for us down the line
But whatever it is, I'll be right by your side
I will stay awake with you
I will stay awake with you
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I will stay awake with you
I will stay awake with you
@alonetogether Mar 2022
oh this. this is. this is amazing. that chorus! those lyrics! the gorgeous mandola. wow wow wow
@auditasum Feb 2022
Captures the feeling of loving a person who's struggling. It's a beautiful thing we humans do.
@frenchcricket Feb 2022
What a gorgeous, yearning instrument. You’ve selected the right tool for the job, I’d say. The lyrics are really heartfelt and touching. A really pretty arrangement
@wrenarcher Feb 2022
Loving the sound of mandola Alyx.
I think what I love most about this is how you sit for a while on the word “stay” and the phrase sounds like “i will stay.”
Coupled with the verses of having rough days and stresses, etc it’s a lovely way of adding to the idea of sitting with someone at the end of the day, but sitting with someone for the rest of their lives.
It’s a beautiful reminder.
@frey Feb 2022
I had no idea what a mandola was but wow that sounds beautiful
@coolparadiso Feb 2022
yeah this touches a a nerve and you sing it so convincingly! just a lovely song and idea "i will stay awake with you" so meaningful
@bradbrubaker Feb 2022
Has a Pearl Jam "No Code" vibe for me. Very open, very soothing, even if not promising the world.
@wylddandelyon Feb 2022
This is very sweet. I like the melody and the accompaniment and the words too.
@owl Feb 2022
Gorgeous, I don’t know anything about mandolas, but this sounds so lovely and soothing. The lyrics are sweet in a mature way… things aren’t perfect, but you’ll be there.
@bluejean Feb 2022
lovely melodic touches. beautiful imagery and instrumentation!