Today I was doing some guitar practice - seeing how many notes I could fit round the Am chord. By chance I found a few lines I'd once written about a dream. I started jamming with lines and threw in a few dark ideas that occurred to me. Then I sang the mish-mash into recording software and posted it. Set up time aside, it took about 35 minutes to create Mirrors. The song is a bit of fun but I don't like the title any more.
In a hall of mirrors
Casting no reflection
If I were ever tested
I’d never pass inspection
A frightened new world
Everything waiting
My mind is blown
The rest of me is deflating
Trying hard to figure out
What is going on?
Too much hard data
Too easy get it wrong
I judder and quiver like a zombie
I’m not in control
Automatic pilot
In place of a soul
I need to lay down
Rest my weary bones
An ancient bed of nails
The only furniture I own
Marooned in misery
No escape to happiness
Heart slowing, slowing
Behind my shattered chest
Breathe on the glass
Draw a smiling face
It’s not my style
It is not my taste
Give it one more try
Still the image jars
Beneath my brand new mask
I wear the same old scars
Beneath my brand new mask
I wear the same old scars
Beneath my brand new mask
I wear the same old scars
@conuladh Feb 2022
@raspberry33 Thanks for your helpful feedback
@conuladh Feb 2022
@tseaver Thanks, It was fun to quickly cobble together a song from a dream and some random images. I've been watching Walking Dead hence the zombie reference - I wasn't sure if judder was a real word and was pleased to discover that it is and is apt ,
@conuladh Feb 2022
@andrewrusse Glad you liked it. When I get time to polish the song I will rename it - I've got yours and one other suggestion and like em both.
@andrewrusse Feb 2022
Awww, love this too.
I hear your pain on the title, but it does fit on one level. Not very memorable for a listener, though... I guess that's what you're thinking?
If I was talking about this with someone else, I'd be going "hey did you hear that song, er, what's it called? Can't remember... You know, the one about the guy with The Same Old Scars?"
I think you could get away with that as the title?
Whatever you call it, LOVED it.
@tseaver Feb 2022
Fun write. To be able to capture that momentary inspiration and get it down in song form is a wonderful gift. "Judder" is a great word choice there, and the repeated concluding couplet caps it all off.
@raspberry33 Feb 2022
Great opening line: "In a hall of mirrors, casting no reflection". IDK, but Mirrors seems to fit. Although, maybe "No Reflection" would work, too. Would love to hear a version of this with bass and drums added.