It's Better
This is a song about depression, nostalgia, and hope. It's kind of a sculpture, both in words and in how I handled some of the atonal guitar leads
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The photo/image fits perfectly with the tone and mood of the song. Solid work.
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Pete, would you be able to post the lyrics here on TSF please? My old ears aren't making them out clearly.
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It’s Better.
Ain't you clever,
The way you put those words
Together
At the coffee shop or the library
Or places where
They gather
You just nod your head
As they talk and talk
About the weather
When you give nothing
Just a nod and smile
And it’s better
Better is
The place I come
From
Better is the road
That takes you
Where you belong
I was a child
Floating on a breeze
Like a feather
I was a camera
Filming memories
Of whatever
I tumbled down
And skinned my knees
And it was redder
My mother came
With hug and smile
And it was better
CHORUS
I am adrift
On the open seas
A sailor
Endlessly waiting
for the slightest breeze
Forever
I carry the scars
Of the cruel sun, my face
Like leather
Each day I wait
For the night to come
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Wonderful moody vibe to this - love it.
I get a sense of detachment in the lyric. Things like:
I was a camera
Filming memories
Of whatever
The delay/echo on the spoken part works very well. And I like the long, atmospheric lead guitar notes
I really like this one.
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Loving this track Pete. I like the bass intro and the way it builds. The guitars are in the right places...never too much. Nice trem on the overdriven guitar. And that solo guitar too - terrific! Great lyrics and vocal and some nice harmonies. Excellent song.😀
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For sure, great tune here . . . enjoyed very much ! . . . some great bendy guitar playing, I always like that kind of thing. Thanks for posting the lyrics, they are kind of dark, and positive at the same time, if you even know what I mean ? Really leaves an impression, well done, well painted.
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popitup, there is some purposeful ambiguity in the lyrics and the mood in all my work. It’s probably because all of my music since 2020 has been a way for me to work through the loss of my young son. I look at this particular song as different ways of dealing with and moving through depression. But at the end of the day, the most important thing to me is to create something interesting to strangers that at the very least may evoke the moods in my head. The guy in the song is miserable in the present, but using the past and the future as something to lean on—-maybe? Thank you so much for listening1
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