Another New Song

Earlier today, I wrote a blog post about those rare and magical occasions when I am able to a write song extraordinarily quickly. I should note that this is the exception and not the norm. I think that I was trying to psych myself up to work on a song today, thinking that if I did this, then maybe I could wrap it up in fifteen minutes. 

I ended up spending about ten and a half hours on it. I hope you like it. 

I uploaded version number one to my ReverbNation page a few minutes ago. Bear in mind that this may very well be subject to change, as I might re-record tracks and/or rewrite lyrics in the next few days. Right now, I'm too close to it to be objective, but I wanted you to know what a song sounds like in its infancy. At the very least, I hope that it sounds better than a baby human. 

Here are the lyrics in their present form:

The window pane is a picture frame

A still life in motion

Every day you say is like the rain

Filling up the ocean

It's all the same, but I can't complain

Don't want to cause a commotion

But I need a change to some other place before I go insane

Because I'm breaking down like erosion

Let's take a holiday

Pack your bags, we'll leave today

Don't know how long we'll stay

But I've got to get away, got to get away, get away

Got to get away, got to get away, get away now!

Step out the door, seen it all before

Today looks like yesterday

It comes back to me so suddenly

Like a bullet ricochet

The cold concrete beneath my feet

Is bringing me down

When the starless sky comes out at night

I need to get out of this town

Let's take a holiday

Pack your bags, we'll leave today

Don't know how long we'll stay

But I've got to get away, got to get away, get away

Got to get away, got to get away, get away now!

Restless again at two am

Trying to dream

Myself away to another place

Where everything is as it seems

All you see is make believe 

Whatever makes you feel

Something other than the sadness

But that's just part of the deal

Let's take a holiday

Pack your bags, we'll leave today

Don't know how long we'll stay

But I've got to get away, got to get away, get away

Got to get away, got to get away, get away now!

I came up with the piano part yesterday, and then I wrote the lyrics and recorded it all today. You really can't get much fresher than this. This is independent art, delivered to you directly by the artist. Enjoy. Share. Make love. Make art. Fuck war.