This song was weird for me, cause it kinda ended up being the Four-Chord Loop challenge without intending it to be. I just realized it fit changing the instruments that are playing the melody and it makes it sound like two competing songs. Also I got to wield my country singing voice from growing up in the south (even though I kinda hate it.) It ended up being these old country/folk songwriters doing the positive "lets just support each other" even though you are burned out and need more than just being pulled forward. This also has some of my most difficult verse lyrics mixed in with the easiest singable chorus lol.
It’s long walk,
A arduous hike up this hill
And it’s nonstop
No rest, until I’ve had my fill
And you can join the climb or wait behind,
No sign of breaking, haven’t got the time,
It’s all pushes us to find
Something we haven’t ever heard,
Each song us farther,
Determined and Undeterred
I don't know what I'm doing anymore,
Funny how I thought I had it figure out before,
But I'm just scripting out performance art for 4,
Myself, my wife, my brother, and Lenore,
Quothe the raven,
Nevermore,
Quothe the bastards at the door,
I'm an artist with a quill laid out on the floor,
Raptured at the art but convinced I'm a bore,
So I fiddle with the settings trying to make something more
But it's the same four chords as before
Nevermore,
It’s long walk,
A arduous hike up this hill
And it’s nonstop
No rest, until I’ve had my fill
And you can join the climb or wait behind,
No sign of breaking, haven’t got the time,
It's a long walk,
An arduous hike up this hill
I'm a screw up and burning out
Sculpting shit out of clay in a drought
I think I'm something new, but I doubt,
Is anyone anywhere know what I'm about,
Cause I'm pushing this boulder up St Helens and spout
maybe I shoulda left it with Sisaphyus and bow out
Cause everyone everywhere has seemed to find their pace and then left,
And I've been sprinting in place with no rest,
So I'm gonna take a second to collapse on the floor
Cause this song is a gasp for air and nothing more,
And if we lose our way, fall off the path,
We can trust each other to bring us back,
It’s honor of thieves, stealing the hearts of man,
No cost too steep, No goal too far,
No laws to keep, No crossing stars
Just a band of bards, who demand all the lands,
It’s long walk,
A arduous hike up this hill
And it’s nonstop
No rest, until I’ve had my fill
And you can join the climb or wait behind,
No sign of breaking, haven’t got the time,
It's a long walk,
An arduous hike up this hill
@mjv Feb 2022
love the surprise changes and instrumentation
@andyt13 Feb 2022
Nice and weird! Got a Zappa vibe! Solid