Feb 2022 ss022622k superskirmish window rock alternative-rock political collapsechallenge
Inspired by @corinnecurcio's superskirmish theme "window," I spent the evening putting together this song whose theme I had been thinking about since I saw @popmythology's thread on the collapse challenge. So this is a combo entry for the challenge and a super cheating entry for the skirmish. I saw the skirmish late and I spent way more than an hour on this.
The song is about climate change, but I guess also about the overall collapse of society from irresponsible older generations. I'm a (geriatric) millennial, so I'm technically one of the older generations at this point.
I finished the lyrics late at night here, so I had to sing the demo vocals much more quietly than I envisioned it, so I threw on some distortion to the voice and now look at me, I'm like The Strokes.
We had our time
We had our chance
We crossed the lines
With inattention
Maybe we were
always meant to
leave this planet dead
Just to get ahead
Annihilation
Expiration
So short sighted.
Always fighting.
The window is closing
Shadows approaching
We’ll all go knowing
What we are owning
The window is closing
Shadows approaching
We’ll all go knowing
What you did
Deny your crimes
All you want
You stole our lives
With atom bombs
Power gave you
nothing but your
Empty swollen years
Poor engineering
Fuel wasting gears
We all can hear you
Lying to your
Lineage
The window is closing
Shadows approaching
We’ll all go knowing
What we are owning
The window is closing
Shadows approaching
We’ll all go knowing
What you did
You closed our story
With your offshoring
Just for your boring
Way of life
Was it all worth it?
Your Pascal’s gambit
Your monkey’s paw
To trade it all
You created the last generation
You created the last generation
You created the last generation
You created the last generation
You created the last generation
@andrea Mar 2022
Great theme. I love the music and the vibe of the music. The solo/outro is amazing. Awesome skirmish!
@stephenwordsmith Mar 2022
I really dig the quieter, more understated vocal. It serves as a foil to the distorted, aggressive guitarwork; articulating painful truths (with some deft polysyllabic rhymes) while the background provides the destruction. The slowed-down percussion in the chorus makes the wham* lines all the more whammy.
The repeated-to-fade words and escalating guitar at the end are an ideal allegory - we hear the same warnings and learn the same lessons over and over until its too late to act, the voices of wisdom fading while the devastation escalates.
#tit4tat
*As in, they land forcefully, not that they're reminiscent of George and Andrew
@wacha Mar 2022
Great job, skirmish or not! I actually like the quieter, distorted vocals quite a bit, I think it as effective if not more so than being able to be louder would have done.
Your message is grim but also feels very realistic and true. I like this song a lot!
@guitarpatz83 Mar 2022
Ooh so much energy with that intro! Love the half speed drums in the chorus, it really pays off when it builds again with the guitars. The lyrical patterns and melodies work really well and suit the theme - frantic, desperate, frustrated at the human race! The riffing reminds me of some of the early Foos tracks. The outro with the repeated lyrics is great, can imagine that being a wall of vocals as it all fades to represent the end of us all. Great skirmish! #tit4tat
@aflinner Mar 2022
Thanks for the comments :-) ….This has so much energy! Good protest song. A skirmish write that inspires something with an air of the epic is something to feel good about, I think. Good job.
@sunnymae Feb 2022
Damn...I guess I ought to get out of town! Guilty as charged. I promise I recycle everything now, and live off the grid. I've reduced my carbon footprint to barely breathing. :0) Great write!