FAWM: "Ye Olde Broken Arm"

Ye Olde Broken Arm

2025 by @scottmcb

There is no demo for this song.

Liner Notes

The end of the month has arrived and I'm not going to be able to record my last few songs before March 1st. So, I'm posting up the lyrics now and will get to the demos when I can; probably this weekend. Between work and other obligations, it just wasn't my year for getting to 14. Oh well, I got eight out of it. I really don't like posting these without demos, but I gotta do what I gotta do.

This is one of the first ones I started working on but it just felt...incomplete...or something, so I hadn't recorded it. I think I've got it worked out now, but still not sure how I feel about it overall. It's been that kind of February.

#indie #pop #alternative

Lyrics

Walk around in circles All night every night Ricochet off every wall Like ropes in a prize fight Count cracks in the ceiling No scratch for every itch Friction tickles all the seams The voodoo doll pops a stitch

You push the needle And the pin goes in All these pressure points I just can't defend When my dukes go up It's already no use I'm twisted up All black and blue for you Then the night's all over And I'm still in bed Inventory every word I should have said instead They fill my mouth like blood My teeth knocked loose I'm twisted up All black and blue for you I'm twisted up Black and blue

Try and wrap the mind around All this funny weather Crayons in a hot car The world melting together

Comments

@kpollock 2025

Oh gosh this is great. I hope you knock it into shape even after FAWM is over. I agree with philnorman, the crayons feel out of place - maybe they'd be good as their own song, they would be cracking opening lines.

@philnorman 2025

This is, ahem, a knockout of a lyric. The tight lines and vivid imagery feel exactly like your brand of power jamz. I want to hear this one smack me in the face.

I dig the crayon lines, but not sure they feel like the same song -- but maybe as a middle 8 it would feel properly melted together.

@rosiebans 2025

Woah man, your lyrics are excellent! Packed full of detail, sensory writing and strong imagery. Would love to hear the demo if you get round to it and congrats for getting back into it this year - we're alive in 2025!!!