Feb 2022 jazzy uplifting promise
I love the movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Certain films hold a universe of mood that sometimes I really need, and this one is full of the pursuit of joy, embracing change through adventure, and connection between humans, against odds, age, and all detractors. It's a brilliant capsule of philosophy, catastrophe & overcoming atrophy.
I've spent a lot of time with Joy. She's a pillar of my psyche. Some folks are attracted to joy like a flame, and some of them bring a hammer. But as they say in the film, "Everything will be alright in the end, and if it's not alright, then this is not yet the end."
I've been thinking about joy
like the kind they go to find
at the Marigold Hotel
in the heat and colour of the new
I've been thinking about time
and the way it tends to bend
around any truth we tell
with the ache and stutter of a few
Memory and sensation
linger longer than the choices do
I've been thinking about life
through the guise of ghostly eyes
at the boxes getting checked
on a list of happy coming true
I've been thinking about why
and the need to make it bleed
into probably just because
in a case of frankly wanting to
Ink and syncopation
matter more than all the voices coming through
Oh, they do
Cuz they linger longer than the choices do
Would I lie to you?
Everything is gonna be alright in the end
and if it's not alright then this is not the end
Everything is gonna be alright
and if it's not alright then this is not the end
@sapient Mar 2022
Ooo, happy chords! Both the vocal melody and underlying arrangement really make my ears prick up. I just know that if I started a prgression where you did it would quickly slide into something minor, and that'd be no good at all for this song!
I love the way this ends, both with the vocal processing and the message. It's perfect positivity without being sappy.
@audrey Feb 2022
Love the bluesy feel of this. What a great melody and once again your singing is superb. I really like the closing lyric in this song too.
@janeg Feb 2022
I’m with Deirdre - good to know when things are going wrong it is not the end. Love this tune.
@wylddandelyon Feb 2022
I like how you used the phrase, "Everything is gonna be alright
and if it's not alright then this is not the end" and I love that phrase. So warm and comforting when stuff is falling apart. I want the world to be more like that!
@bandybum Feb 2022
Strongly share these lovely sentiments, and you convey them so eloquently. Beautifully executed. Classy song crafting
@mikeb Feb 2022
The dissonance of the piano chords at the end of the verse really makes the listener pay attention. Love the harmony 'aahs' on only the 2nd line of the verses is a unique touch.
@panch Feb 2022
This is lovely and uplifting. Beautifully written and performed.
@leepat Feb 2022
soulful! love the rhyme scheme and the harmonies. anthemic potential :)
@rwhosings Feb 2022
Your voice leading in the piano chords (doesn't matter if you don't know what I'm talking about) is astounding and soooo satisfying here.
I love your jazzy treatment of this. Such a bittersweet, yet true joy.
I'm gonna need to sit with these lyrics a while.
All around rich beauty.
@dasbinky Feb 2022
I love the jumps in the chord progression here, and the jazzy way the harmonies (and melody) wrap themselves around it. Just a really cool harmonic profile all throughout.
Beautiful tune, lovely imagery all throughout.
The song itself is a list of happy boxes getting checked. :)