Found myself writing a country duet with just my own voice, so I made it a gay country duet between a bass and a tenor. IDK when I will ever use this for something, but I'm glad I wrote it. The dream: Orville Peck is the bass.
I was too drunk to turn the alarm off when I came
So by nine I'll be a raging tiger in a cage.
By noon I'll find some breakfast and coffee and I'll be tame
And by night I'll be a-jumpin' in hoops again on a stage.
It's been nine months since I've seen your pretty face
And these nine months I've been all over the place.
I wanna write you a letter, but my mind can't keep this pace.
I wanna wrap my arms around you but my work is all I embrace,
But I try to keep home alive.
I still try to keep home alive.
For a while I kinda liked the time left in my hands
Like I was young and single again, always makin' plans.
These days I watch a lot of shows and I eat from cans,
And the quiet I used to love is more than I can stand.
Some nights I go to a bar and I think I'll find another man
But I fall back down in the faces that I scan.
I wanna leave you one minute, the next I wanna wear your brand,
When I collapse in our bed I'm right where I began,
But I try to keep home alive
I still try to keep home alive.
I still remember the life we had before,
I'm just scared it won't feel that way anymore.
It's been nine months since it's felt like I've been whole,
It's been nine months of starvation for my soul.
In another two weeks it'll all be under control
But the time passes so slow in our black hole.
But I try to keep home alive.
I still try to keep home alive.
We should try to keep home alive.
@franniezest Feb 2022
Wow! This is such a beautiful song I’m getting super emotional listening to it! I really hope you use this song in the future I LOVE it just as it is :)
Your voices sound amazing together and I really like the ‘keep home alive” line it seems unique to me (not a typical cliche)
@rayboneor Feb 2022
Well, I would happily listen to you sing duets with yourself all day long. This is touching and catchy--and your voice is lovely. Have you ever heard Papa Was a Rodeo by The Magnetic Fields. When the tenor voice appears in that song I get chills