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Trash-pop, guitar rock and melodic miscellany.
Not so much a band as a bloke with a guitar and a laptop, The Smivets deliver a genre-bending blend of pop, rock, punk, prog and many other monosyllables.
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Progressive Rock
Charts
Peak #128
Peak in subgenre #22
Author
Steve Smith
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Steve Smith
Uploaded
September 28, 2023
Track Files
MP3
MP3 14.9 MB • 320 kbps • 6:31
Lossless
WAV 65.8 MB
Meta Data
BPM
80
Beat
4/4
Key
G min
Vocals
Male
Character
Energy
relaxed, cool
high-energy
Danceable
coffee-place
dancefloor
Positivity
dark, sad, angry
happy
Appeal
unique
radio-friendly
Story behind the song
Not sure where this song came from but I quite liked how it turned out. For any musos who might be interested, the problem I had with this was realising that the chorus needed to be in 6/8 where the verses were in 4/4 and how to make the transition without it jarring. I added a bar or two of 7/8 in between and it seemed to flow.
Lyrics
Gratefully awakened from troubled dreams She lays siege to the day Bent on its surrender But not letting it escape But the night stands behind a different chair Rides in upon a different mare Unwelcome Like an eerie uncle You try to avoid but still keeps turning up Each hour and minute slip through our fingers Like match-smoke in the air Had them here solid in my hand Now it's as if they were never there But a flick from the tinderstick Has the smoke retreating See how all life is fleeting But it's all right No cause for worry It isn't a problem cause it can't be solved Aren't the tulips fantastic this year? Isn't the cherry blossom the best you've ever seen? Now your future is perfectly clear Clear as your plate - licked clean Do you feel you're constantly under attack? You want someone to come to your aid but they won't? Tulips are perennial, they're supposed to come back Just sometimes they don't So here we are, facing each other Across No Man's Land Neither side risking advance Neither showing their hand But this fight is one that can't be won Pointing that gun at your own reflection So just leave it Stop wasting time Cause that's the one thing that you won't get back Aren't the tulips fantastic this year? Isn't the cherry blossom the best you've ever seen? Now your future is perfectly clear Clear as your plate - licked clean Do you feel you're constantly under attack? You want someone to come to your aid but they won't? Tulips are perennial, they're supposed to come back Just sometimes they don't Aren't the tulips fantastic this year? Isn't the cherry blossom the best you've ever seen? Now your future is perfectly clear Clear as your plate - licked clean Do you feel you're constantly under attack? You want someone to come to your aid but they won't? Tulips are perennial, they're supposed to come back Just sometimes they don't Just sometimes they don't
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steveweyman
Sep 24
Hi Steve . I thought I would check some of your back catalogue out as I need to steal some ideas for my new tracks I’ve started writing ! lol . This is a great track . Would I be right in saying you write lyrics first ? And that’s why you had to change from 4/4 to 6/8 in the chorus? Which worked great by the way ! I tend to write music and chord progressions first and fit lyrics around it that’s why most of my stuff is 4/4 or 6/8 all the way through . I might try writing lyrics first for a change ! Cheers Steveo