You're Dead To Me

by @hamiltonpoolhall

Liner Notes

#acousticonetake #blues

This one might not be everyone's jam. But then, what is?

Started a second take to fix a few things and then decided the first take was close enough.

Lyrics

Maybe you’re up in some tower Maybe you’re behind a cloud Maybe I’m too blind to see it Or I’ve always been too proud

But you’re dead to me You’re dead to me You’re dead to me

If your word is in the air Or on the pages of a book Maybe it’s the way I listen Or I don’t know how to look

But you’re dead to me You’re dead to me You’re dead to me

Where are you when we’re in trouble Who puts out the fires that burn or searches for us in the rubble Maybe you could take a turn

Maybe none of this has turned out Quite the way that you had planned If you’re just as disappointed As we are, I can understand

But you’re dead to me You’re dead to me You’re dead to me

Comments

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@jinx

Absolutely loving this guitar sound, and what a great bluesy groove you've got going here. The lyric is so brilliantly subtle that I didn't even "get it" until I read the other comments, then I re-read the lyric and was like "oh... that's genius."

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@kosch

Digging this - guitar play if phenomenal - your voice it dead on perfect for this type of tune. Lyrics flow like a river.

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Ah this is searing and blunt in its understated lazy way!! What a way to deliver a point of view! Very groove-tastic.

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@pippa

I love that guitar picking! And I'm with you on the sentiment too.

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Hey, HPH, warts aside, you got a prince of a frog here. Can I cover this?

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There's some nice ambiguity ("Maybe it’s the way I listen/ Or I don’t know how to look") hanging out there amidst the excellent picking. I'm on your side in this one -- and even with potential disappointment from the other party there's no recovery. (I like the finality of that last picked string.)

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If it's not some people's jam, the good news is they have to forgive you.

I think this is an interesting balance of subtlety and too-on-the-nose. Like, I suspect the jam-haters would have this slide right over their heads like butter on bread.

Do not read until March: last stanza, I think you could play with the timing/phrasing of the last lines. As in bring "as we are" up to the line above. "If you're just as disappointed as we are / .... I can understand" could hit a slanty internal rhyme with "turned out" at the beginning of the stanza...

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Love this, although there is very little that you do that I don't love. Nice vox delivery, particularly those couple of times when you hit those high notes (on Maybe and then on You're). Those moments were a surprise and treats at that...Always just dig'n all those funky things you do on your axe. Lyrically, I jam with this. It is indeed a clever way to tell your tale.

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Very clever exploration of the nuances of belief. A close enough reading reveals the thinly(?) veiled subject matter. Fitting style of music for this, too. That bass line got stuck in my head and manifested itself in hummery a few moments after leaving the comment. :)

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