Feb 2022 s022022 acoustic-one-take acoustic girl-with-guitar indie-folk ski
THEME/PROMPT:: "MAD" - As in angry, or as in crazy, or as in really love! You can define mad any way you like!
Thanks for the skirmish @corinnecurcio - my first this FAWM. Clipping abounds I'm afraid in this quick recording.
V1
I’m mad when I’m happy C F
I’m mad when I’m sad C F
It lurking beneath every feeling I’ve ever had C F G
V2
I’m not sure where it comes from C F
I’m not sure what it means C F
It underscores the story of my life it seems C F G
PreChorus
I hide it pretty well no one could ever tell C F G
How this people pleasing smiling person really feels C F G
Chorus
I want to scream out loud instead of stuffing it down C F C G
And drowning it out by being everything I’m supposed to be
C F G
It’s killing me
V3
I don’t think it’s jealousy C F
I don’t think it’s wrong C F
It’s honestly the way I’ve felt for far too long C F G
V4
I’ve fought to ignore it C F
I’ve fought giving in C F
The mad’s still there inside of me despite everything C F G
PreChorus
I hide it pretty well no one could ever tell C F G
How this people pleasing smiling person really feels C F G
Chorus
I want to scream out loud instead of stuffing it down C F C G
And drowning it out by being everything I’m supposed to be
C F G
It’s killing me
Bridge
Maybe it’s not too late to uncover Em Am
where the mad is coming from G C
Maybe it’s time to face what’s really going on F G
PC
Chorus
@ayehahmur Mar 2022
I love that from the prompt you created such a wonderfully instrospective and honest lyric. The melody is terrific too, and the pre-chorus/chorus part really soars, before dropping down to that emotive last line. A really nice constructed, beautifully performed song.
@nahlej381 Mar 2022
Mad is one of those cool words that can mean what you want lol it’s also a good substitute for “very” as in “I’m mad disappointed I didn’t hear this song earlier”
Very cool track. You’re a great lyricist…a musical MAD scientist!
@berni1954 Feb 2022
Great evocation of how we can so often lose it, no matter how much we hide that side of ourselves. Super vocals too!
I identify with this one. As a child I had terrible anger issues (that my daughter seems to have inherited) but I learned to control the beast... though it still merges at the most inappropriate moments.
@n24 Feb 2022
Really relatable lyrics, really feel the anguish of those surprised emotions. Really beautifully suited to your vocals and the guitar does a really nice ebb and flow in intensity from gentle finger picking to big swells of strumming. Lovely stuff :)
@monty Feb 2022
Terrific song and performance. You're having an awesome FAWM. Glad I recruited you. :)
@jwhanberry Feb 2022
Well written introspective and colorful lyric. Good skirmishing.
@tjeff Feb 2022
Very pretty guitar playing. I love the irony of being "mad when I'm happy."
@berty38 Feb 2022
Wow. I love when songs have a dark or sad story to tell with a happy-sounding tune, and this does it in a perfect thematic way.
OMG that final chord.
@tunecat Feb 2022
This has a really pretty melody . It really builds to the chorus The guitar compliments the vocal really well. What’s more the lyrics flow and talk of something meaningful. Good skirmish
@sunfire Feb 2022
Good sounding tune. Great words and vocals too.
@andygriff Feb 2022
Really enjoyed this. You have a quality in your voice where I just believe you, if that makes any sense. And an excellent hook on "I hide it pretty well..."
@mariekevinkmusic Feb 2022
Great guitar work, as we have come to expect from you, really :-) The lyrics punch me right in The Feels. Excellent work, especially in an hour.
@tcelliott Feb 2022
Heya, you linked the mp3 in the forum thread instead of this song page.
I like that jump in your melody and that kind of step down. It's a tasty one. And the guitar is dynamic in it's performance. Fits together very well.
@tukayandryan Feb 2022
Lovely fingerpicking. Love the introspective nature of the lyrics. Some cool progressions in the melody. Lovely write.
@coolparadiso Feb 2022
another mask another day! an all to common thing well raised! great last line ties it all back together. lovely stuff Susan
@sheilerk Feb 2022
Sweet vocals and a really nice musical bed for them to float on. I love this introspective examination of emotions. Really well expressed in the well written lyrics, and your beautiful performance. I'm glad I got to hear this one!!