I have returned! I'm going to attempt to update weekly from here on out - I'm not sure what day, yet (probably Wednesdays after practice), but I want to get back into updating. It has been a long time since I last posted - before I moved out, so at least three and a half months ago.
I have been writing music with Katie, Taylor and Justin, and it is a lot of fun. We actually sound really good, and it's awesome to play with them, especially considering I've never been in a band ever before. I really like it, and it makes me feel very good about myself.
We have been playing D&D weekly, and it, too, is a very good time - all the people there are a lot of fun to hang out with, and it's always funny and entertaining.
I have so much new music to share - the Arkells, Bon Iver, Ben Folds, etc. - but, for now, I'm just going to share some lyrics. Burning Bridges is complete - I wrote the guitar bit for it, and I'm going to bring it to practice next time we have it (Sunday? I think?). Katie and I started working on Rainfall, and she's really brought something to it - we have to work on it a little bit more, but, lyrically, it's pretty much finished. We have a general idea for how we want it to sound, musically, too, so that's in motion.
Katie and I brought an idea to the table about writing a song about the world if it was like a 1950's film noir movie, and Taylor came up with the idea of writing a few concept songs (as in they follow a narrative, like a concept album) about a detective in a 1950's film noir movie. Obviously, the songs are going to have meaning outside of that, but I think it's a really cool idea and I can't wait to work on it.
Justin and Taylor are coming over tonight to write (but not Katie, because she has a CONCERT. BOOOOOOOO.) and I can't wait to see where that goes.
Anyways, I'm off, so I'll leave you with the lyrics to Burning Bridges (which I am going to write from memory! Huzzah!) and the promise that we will put something up soon. We need a name, too. Anyways, see you all later.
It's 6:59 AM, so... sleep well for a few more hours? I guess? And then have a good day.
Burning Bridges
Leave your things
Dust will settle
Memories
Are left to rust
This is my island
Floating alone
Thin rope bridges
To all that I've known
I've been severing ties
Burning bridges
Burning down buildings
Where nobody goes
Nameless sites
Abandoned cities
I'll burn down a world
That nobody knows
That nobody knows
Everyone
Who used to live here
Fled their homes
To escape the blaze
Streets are bare
Things are haphazardly
Strewn across
The ashen roads
It has been
A full two years
Since it last rained
My kindling's dry
I've been severing ties
Burning bridges
Burning down buildings
Where nobody goes
Nameless sites
Abandoned cities
I'll burn down a world
That nobody knows
That nobody knows
Everything
Is ripe and succulent
All I need is
An open flame
Smoke pours from
Abandoned buildings
Suffocates until
Nothing remains
