FAWM: "Daydream actors (#commentsfirst)"

Daydream actors (#commentsfirst)

2025 by @intoyourlight

Liner Notes

This song was written for the #CommentsFirst challenge. Thank you so much for everyone who inspired me to write this!

Phew, you really made me push out of my comfort zone. At first I had to figure out the 12/8 time signature, as I normally write from intuition and by ear, simply by creating what I like, often not knowing what I do there. I found out that I liked a lot of songs with that time signature without even knowing. It would have been easy to create a kind of slow jazz song then, but I got challenged to write something that you could dance to. Also ethereal and kind of sexy. A lot of contradictions here. And that "elevator bossa" interlude is probably one of the most unusual and unexpected parts I wrote in a song, but I like it more and more.

For lyrics, I also had to do a balancing act between storytelling and referring to the human behavior of reenacting situations in ones head.

Instruments: SSL Drums Roland Boutique Jp-08 Nord Grand (Chorals & Nerfetiti) Marcus miller 5-string bass Rode Nt1

#funk #80s #dance

Lyrics

VERSE 1: Conversation carousel In my head Looping lines of Things I should have said

It's like I’m hired To rehearse my life It’s not what they say Hollywood is like

CHORUS: And for a minute I thought I was enough To light a spark Inside your heart

And for a minute I thought I could embrace This scripted twisting Of my fate

Oh for a moment I thought I had control Of every role I play for you

But now it’s daydream acting Night and day A lonely life A big mistake

VERSE 2: The stage is empty Still I fright what has been Anti-heroes it seems They always win

I’m opting out of this Strange misery A hologram Forever stuck on repeat

I opt out I want out

CHORUS: And for a minute I thought I was enough To light a spark Inside your heart

And for a minute I thought I could embrace This twisted scripting Of my fate

Oh for a moment I thought I had control Of every role I play for you

But now it’s daydream acting Night and day A lonely life A big mistake

Comments

@burrMod 2025

hooray for being pushed out of your comfort zone! love how this turned out and TBH you got a pretty wild and challenging set of initial prompts to try to interpret and put together. kind of abstract, but the end result is fun!

@val 2025

OMG, you did do the elevator bossa nova bit. Ha! This is incredible. Great work!

@tawny249 2025

I am so very impressed with what you did with such a weird mix of comments! Great lyrics, too - definitely thematically consistent and interesting. I am way too inexperienced musically to attempt a comments-first challenge, but you have fulfilled your mission. 😁

@sbs 2025

Girl, you killed it! Can so hear the Michael Jackson vibe - how clever. I'm dancing, oh yeah! This may be my favorite from you - you know how much I love to dance - lol!

@thedutchwidows 2025

That's so cool. And I can repeat my earlier comment - the 12/8 sections sound great! It's a cool time signature, though sorry for forcing homework on you! Vocals, instrumentation, lyrics, atmosphere, all superb. Totally nailed the brief!

@nadine 2025

This song sounds like a classic from the 80s that gone missing in some great archives. The sounds work so well together with your voice. And I really enjoyed the complexity in the time signatures. Ha that elevator boss break was just brilliant. The interesting fact about the lyrics is that it is about acting... but could also be about acting for somebody else... kind of a weird relationship dynamic... Great stuff!