I wrote/recorded this tonight. Please add to it.
The percussion was recorded with a loop pedal by me and my kids. No click track, so it's probably all over the map tempo wise.
It's wide open in spots.
flac, ghostoffuffle, rezzeJ, coffeesp00ns, jonaswildman, BLOB_CASTLE, zebra2, kleinbl00
mk, thought you'd appreciate the title.
Signaling
I don't want to waste my life
Driving a car because the signaling is right
I don't want to have to think twice
About telling the world that I have a pregnant wife
I don't want to die just to say that I lived
Don't want to peel the wings off just to say I did
I don't want to hurt just to prove that I'm real
This signaling has no appeal
I don't want to close my eyes
Drive over bridges that are always on fire
I don't want to move so fast
That even the biggest moments fly right past
I don't want to die just to say that I lived
Don't want to peel the wings off just to say I did
I don't want to hurt just to prove that I'm real
I don't want to waste my life
Signaling that everything is fine
I don't want to close my eyes
Signaling that nothings worth my time
I don't want to signal
I don't want to sig- no
Signaling that everything is fine I don't want to close my eyes Signaling that nothings worth my time Provocative lyrics. Here's what they provoke in me: We all signal. We can't be responsible for someone's interpretation of the signal. Some people need to see that "everything is fine" in order to continue on their own trajectory. We've seen enough and heard enough to suspect that when someone's "fine" - they might not be. So how do we hear past the outward signal and understand the real message? Do you feel heard and understood by at least one other person? How do we keep our eyes wide open -- not avert our eyes -- when the discrepancies between so many of us are so glaring? How can we keep our eyes open and live as ethical a life as possible? I don't know the answers, but asking the questions is at least something. That's what I hear in your song.I don't want to waste my life
I like your interpretation. I always appreciate you listening and taking the time to share with me what the songs evoke in you. It's not surprising to me that the song makes you ask questions, such is your nature :) You should write a book of questions.
Second listen. Really enjoying this tune! I really like the synth (?) drone voice in the background. It takes the wistful melancholy to another level. It's spare, open in places, but I like it that way. The space feels inviting, and allows the signal that IS there to stand out more. The percussion is evocative of something organic, maybe even a heartbeat or pulse or something, heard internally. The polyvalence of your title word is very effective, and I don't even think I know all of the meanings being employed. To the researcharium! (Uttering this brings _A Series of Unfortunate Events_ to mind, for some reason ... seems like a room they'd have in their ideal house maybe. And that show reminds us of you, when we watch it, truth be told ... I think it's one of the characters' names?)
Thanks for listening, cW! Have you been making music? When you visit, you had best bring some new recordings with you! I look forward to that