Heart Beats Down

2 weeks ago by @grayslate

Liner Notes

First song of FAWM 2025! I didn't set out to make a cheap toy phone type beat but that's what happens when you randomly go through arps in Helm. Tonight's theme is, once again, divorce 💔 This is my first original with Gumi SV (though not my first time using Gumi). I also have a hand on the Bible when I tell you I tried to implement a key change but it didn't work out for me 😭 we'll come back in the next song and try again. I'm done messing with the timing so, into the wild it goes.

#Gumi #synthV #electronic #vocaloid #synthesizerv

Lyrics

Wayward daydreamer that prayed for neon skies
I believed in fantasy even though I knew it lied
I chased the promising sound of that voice in the air
But time's a thief, and any trace of you is no longer there

If time heals all wounds, why are all mine still here?
Repeating every word said in that voice still clear
Every right move couldn’t spare me from the sands of time
If only I could let it go and leave all my mistakes behind

Fading memory, if only that was me
Future’s hard to see, past is all I’ll be
Clock ticks life away, all will go astray
Melting into gray, heart beats down today

Time keeps turning but my memories remain
Years put between us but I still can’t explain
“Better to have loved and lost than never loved at all”
Why, then, is my back forever to the wall?

Take me back to yesteryear so I can erase
The scars I inflicted on my heart and my disgrace
Every sigh a riddle, every note that goes unplayed
Just let the melody in my head wither and fade

Wayward daydreamer, stopped right in my own tracks
I believed naively I’d never fall on my own axe
I ran from the sound of that vengeful voice in the air
But I can’t escape and I’m caught up in that snare

If there’s someone for everyone, why can’t I agree?
A vow I broke, tears drowned out by the sea
Every right move couldn’t spare me from the sands of time
If only I could believe I could walk it off and be fine

Fading memory, if only that was me
Future’s hard to see, past is all I’ll be
Clock ticks life away, all will go astray
Melting into gray, heart beats down today

Time keeps turning but my memories remain
Years put between us but I still can’t explain
“Better to have loved and lost than never loved at all”
Why, then, is my back forever to the wall?

Take me back to yesteryear so I can erase
The scars I inflicted on my heart and my disgrace
Every sigh a riddle, every note that goes unplayed
Just let the melody in my head wither and fade

Forgive me or forgive me not, same thing, so I thought
Can’t wring my memory, no chance I forgot
Find solace in pain, out of us, I’m to blame
Writhing in my shame, a sorrow by no other name

Time keeps turning but my memories remain
Years put between us but I still can’t explain
“Better to have loved and lost than never loved at all”
Why, then, is my back forever to the wall?

Take me back to yesteryear so I can erase
The scars I inflicted on my heart and my disgrace
Every sigh a riddle, every note that goes unplayed
Just let the melody in my head wither and fade

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