bits and pieces (and pieces and bits)

by @jessicamagoch

Skirmish: Bits And Pieces (@lyricslinger)

Liner Notes

Bits and pieces had me inspired to write about relationships that leave you in bits and pieces... I was inspired to write the story about a friend of mine who was held at gunpoint in her mom's house after getting home early from a ski trip. People had staked out the house and were there when she got back. She was later able to identify them in a lineup but now their sentence is almost up. #acoustic #acousticonetake #skirmish #jazz

Lyrics

CHORUS You chewed me up and you spit me out Left me in bits and pieces with no way out Can't understand why so I sit here and cry In bits and pieces and pieces and bits Oh in bits and pieces and pieces and bits So it is

VERSE 1 A blindfold. A gun. Too scared to run. I swallow my ring to protect the thing I hold my breath. I want to fight. Instead I just try to be polite.

CHORUS

VERSE 2 You left with a car full of stuff and me guilty for having too much You left but your shadow did not. It will always be stained in this spot. A bit here a bit there, your memories are scattered everywhere

CHORUS

Comments

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Something about how you inverted bits and pieces/pieces and bits really spoke to me. Perfect on the #uke !

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So harrowing, chilling, and sorrowful a write, @jessicamagoch , and perhaps, unfortunately, about an event that takes place too often, for, from your Liner Notes, onto and through your lyrics, I was reminded--of that similar-to-your-friend's horrific home invasion--of the home break-in and vicious attack on actress Fran Drescher (and her friend) that took place in the 1980s, and of the Clutter family in 1959 Kansas about which Truman Capote wrote in his "nature-of-evil-themed" nonfic book "In Cold Blood."

Powerful lyric and song, Jessica. I think in song your choice to go with thin, delicate, innocent-sounding string play adds an even greater depth, meaning, and awfulness reveal about what you're singing in support of your friend (as the sentences of her attackers are coming to an end).

Here's to you, Jessica, for being a singing, supportive voice for your friend via this FAWM skirmish.

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Very well done, good lyric, interesting structure and changes and well delivered! Well played!

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Beautifully sung and a really unusual topic captured really interestingly. Well done!

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A gorgeous combination of vocal and ukulele, terrific lyric given the dark inspiration and lovely choice of chords. What a splendid skirmish this is 😊

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