We're Not Great (That's Not Bad)
by @george
Liner Notes
This is a song about songwriting disguised as a relationship song.
I was listening to an interview with a songwriter who said something along the lines of "there are songwriters who walk around feeling pretty good about writing a good song every day. But the problem is they are just good. Not great." And I felt bad about that because I did feel good about writing a song every day. But then I thought, "you know what? I DO feel GOOD about that." And that's great. Good can be good.
Video from the Prelinger Archive "Home Movie: 005025" https://archive.org/details/202894_Home_Movie_005025
Lyrics
We fight you yell I hide I wonder if things will ever be the same
Maybe things could be a whole lot better
Maybe what we have isn't great and maybe that's not that bad I'm feeling pretty good about the good we have
You're there I'm here we try I'm happy to take it day by day
Maybe things could be a little bit better
Maybe what we have isn't great and maybe that's not that bad I'm feeling pretty good about the good we have
We keep on keeping on We keep on keeping on We keep on keeping on We keep on keeping on
Maybe what we have isn't great and maybe that's not that bad I'm feeling pretty good about the good we have I'm feeling pretty good about the good we have
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I didn't read the liner notes before listening to this song, and I definitely thought it was about a relationship with a person. It's a complex interpersonal concept but certainly very relatable and well expressed. Now that I see you're also going for a second meaning (song writing), I like it even more. It fits well with one of the skirmishes earlier this month that was about our relationship with song writing.
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Very relatable lyrics and applicable to so many situations. And it's kinda funny I feel like having lyrics you can fit to so many narratives is a mark of great songwriting. Writing a crop of good songs for FAWM is definitely something to feel good about.