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Acoustic version of the song. As of 11/17, this song is being recorded electric. All parts of this version, including the electric guitar, were recorded using a Blue Snowball USB Condenser mic.
alternative rock melodic two guitar
The music of Cold the Winter, both old and new
Cold the Winter was the moniker I used for the songs that I've written and rearranged over the years. In 2019, I recorded a six-song EP titled "Skylines and the Horizons" with the help of my friends JD and Matt. Skylines was the culmination of a journey that started in 2011, took strides forward in 2017, and was finalized over the course of 2018 and 2019. As of 2024, Cold the Winter has taken a backseat to KCWM, a moniker I've released three albums, eight singles. It is likely that any future Cold the Winter songs will be released under the KCWM banner.
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Rock
Charts
#6,838 today Peak #83
#1,021 in subgenre Peak #19
Author
Galan Aldaco
Rights
2009 Mad Eye Music
Uploaded
December 13, 2009
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.9 MB • 128 kbps • 3:11
Story behind the song
I do believe that many things in your life are the result of the attitude with which you face them. I approached, and still approach, a lot of things cynically. That's not exactly a positive way of going through life. I've often acted like I was enlightened...like I knew something that few others did. How incredibly stupid of me? I sowed negativity and, as a result, I've often reaped it as well. Some time ago, thinking with the enlightened attitude I was so fond of, I made a choice and approached a situation that ended with me finding myself without my best friend. For a long time, I refused to fully accept my responsibility for it...to acknowledge my mistake. At the same time, it started a slow process of reevaluating how I approach things. I wrestled with what happened every day...I missed my friend. In the back of my mind, the chorus of this song is something that he'd have said to me. Ultimately, it was me saying it to myself. While part of it is inspired by those circumstances, a part of the song is written to my mother. For years, she was someone who I constantly enabled. Her life always seemed to be in a constant tailspin...one where it felt like she never learned from her mistakes. By enabling her to hurt me...in a way, it was another example of reaping what I sowed.
Lyrics
I've learned the cold, hard truth that you reap what you sow And now I'm seeing something that so far, I'm reaping nothing How does it feel to have no control How does it feel to know you've never grown And so far, I doubt you ever will If this were another life I'm sure I'd wish you all the best Let me tell you something so far, I'm feeling nothing How does it feel to have no control How does it feel to know you've never grown And so far, I doubt you ever will But for you, I'd be damned And for you, I'd be damned
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