Feb 2022 acoustic-one-take guy-with-guitar nylon vocal-harmonies har
Technically a 3-chord loop.
Update: Added a couple harmonies to the original one-take recording.
First song of FAWM. Thanks Focusmate. Done in precisely 50 minutes, even better than a Skirmish! Though, with a rough one-take recording it was probably an hour. Trying out the SongOne app for writing and cataloguing rather than GDocs. We'll see...
Bridge is pretty weak in every way, and I'm hearing a past song referenced there.
I'm not going to feel guilty about FAWM and not doing anything the last 3 weeks. FAWM's not my enemy, but a tool intended to help me/us. It just wasn't feasible or beneficial for me to spend the time songwriting the last 3 weeks. I want to make this sustainable, and employ other tools (like Focusmate) to recreate what FAWM does for me. Anyone want to join up on Focusmate, let me know!
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"Want to co-work with me on Focusmate? It’s a video call where we work on our own projects and hold each other accountable." (No need to actually work together, just be present while working independently, even with mic's muted).
https://www.focusmate.com/i/hSDgjVqK4j
VERSE 1
Wake up early mornin' & I grab a cup or two...
But it ain't that good a mornin' if dudn't start with you...
I can make it out just fine/alright, I can play the part...
But there's always something missing, you could say it's lacking heart...
VERSE 2
I know it should be easy, but it idn't easy yet
It's always such a fight, right when I'm gettin' outta bed
Should I pick it up, or am I pickin' up the phone
More often it's the phone, and then it's "oh, I shoulda known"
CHORUS 1
Why can't I just give it up?
Seems it's in my blood
Can't run, I just can't get unstuck
Chasing this old drug
VERSE 3
Been so many years, you've stuck it out, through thick and thin...
It's me who's goin' wrong, so what's the point if I pretend?
Sure I show up time to time, I give a little nod,
But is it all that I can muster, when you're waiting, and you're God?
CHORUS 1
Why can't I just give it up?
Seems it's in my blood
Can't run, I just can't get unstuck
Chasing this old drug
BRIDGE
If I just took the time to stare deeply in your eyes
Relax at last, content to let the world just pass me by
To think that that could do it, or more truly that you would
I just need that motivation; help me want to take a look...
CHORUS 1
(Oh) Why can't I just give it up?
Seems it's in my blood
Can't run, I just can't get unstuck
Chasing this old drug
CHORUS 2
Please help me! Help me give it up
It's teeming in my blood
Only you can help me out this rut
I keep digging up
OUTRO
Chasing this old drug...
As if you're not enough...
Jesus you're enough...
@audrey Feb 2022
So glad to see you got a couple of songs up on here. I was missing your fine songwriting and singing. I really like this one. Can't believe you created it in an hour. Very catchy melody, especially your chorus. Great song!
@coolparadiso Feb 2022
Glad you got one in! But thats just so i could listen, Its not a contest the muse is with you now or not. Such is life. This is a nice listen. Nice vocal changes here!
@apauls Feb 2022
This is really powerful. When I'm writing, I'm always obsessed with having varied chord changes to make my songs engaging, but you achieved that with a really wonderful, hypnotic repeating guitar riff throughout with varying vocal work. As other folks are saying, the rhythmic delivery is really stunning - you have a great sense of creating lines that echo each other melodically but differ rhythmically - it gives the song a really cohesive feel. I think I would agree about the strength of the bridge, but this is an incredibly lovely song overall -it's stuck in my head.
@rshakesp Feb 2022
Really like the vocal articulation in this song - the change up into falsetto for the chorus really sets it apart nicely. I like the way you ghost over words to make them fit the meter - very cool - and I like the bridge. Nice write - should be given a proper outing with a production effort
@tseaver Feb 2022
Nice write: the meditative repetition of the guitar serves as a lovely bed for the introspection of the lyric.
@pippa Feb 2022
I like the rhythm in your words, the way you put them together. I'm sorry you can't get unstuck, especially when you play such fine guitar and sing so well. It's hard to release and let go, but I find it very helpful when I do.