FAWM: "05 We Won't Last"

05 We Won't Last

2025 by @bithprod · @sveinae79

Liner Notes

This year's ambitious project: "Write and compose 12 songs in the style of 1980's R.E.M., and try to make them sound as finished as possible, although a touch of lo-fi is perfectly fine. Present them as an album."

We used a bit of A.I. to convert keyboard output into guitars, beef up the backing tracks and convert our own less-than-adequate vocals to something more pleasant to the ears, but all lyrics, melodies and riffs are our own. We have mixed the songs to the best of our ability, which is mediocre at best. If we get some positive feedback on our songs, we'll work more on them and release them.

#alt-rock, #indie-pop, #garage-rock, #lo-fi

Lyrics

We can have fun while we can The end is coming soon We'll see it on the television In your living room It’s like a potent enema Evacuating our bowels Who brought a camera To capture our final hour

In our weakest moment We will buckle Although we punched and punched With sore knuckles We won’t last (won’t last) We simply won’t last (Last, last, last) We won’t last

We could have made it happen While still somewhat alive Shared it on social media Pretending hard to thrive But all the big scientists Say it’s all in vain Even pretty girls you kissed In the summer rain

(Chorus)

A culture war On Channel 4 That you both ignored In the cold of December For a night to remember Then those letters you sent her The girl… The girl who turned out to be a whore

(Chorus)