Shadow Work Days

by @hmstreetteam · @pianoquest

Skirmish: my days with ___ (@fairplay)

Liner Notes

#acousticrock Rick: I was going for a style along the lines of Psychedelic Furs. For the first time ever I posted with placeholder singing for the verses. @pianoquest offered the lyrics that you see below, and after my voice is better, I plan to fit the lyrics together with the melody and post a new, longer demo, adding the third verse at 2:48 before the final chorus.

Lyrics

At first you might light a match or two You take a timid peek Hope nothing really awful’s gonna jump And make you shriek You see, that wasn’t so bad. Maybe you’re up to the task You come back with a lantern And a hazmat suit and gloves and mask.

It’s time to show how strong you are And not be caught off guard No one can see you’re scared But add one R, because you’re scarred You’ve been through all the hazings You’ll survive this one as well But then you get the plot twist As you wade waist deep in what-the-hell

A lightning bolt epiphany Is the next bolt to arrive You’re playing Luke and Yoda Like in Star Wars Chapter Five These enemies you face Are from your action figure shelf But when you pull the mask off No one’s there because it’s just yourself

Comments

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Cool groove and great sound. You’ve got a great melody going!

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Hey, I have an idea for lyrics. I'll run it past you by DM outside of FAWM.

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Really nice melody and chords. I can imagine an electric guitar solo in there somewhere.

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@cblack

Quality songwriting! I like this quite a bit. 😀

Definitely got some good bones to it.

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@smudge

I like the chords. The title is cool too. I like how you phrase the title (hook). I can imagine verse lyrics talking about how the singer's mind is distracted by something WAY bigger than work. It could be anything. So that when he's at work his mind is elsewhere. Nice job! Cheers, Smudge

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...great idea to 'sketch' out a future song with vocal placeholders and the lyrics that have been ignited by the challenge - well done...

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