FAWM: "Coming Down"

Coming Down

Liner Notes

#acousticonetake #acoustic #rock #folk #blues #jazz #americana #singersongwriter #guitar #singer #

Lyrics

Blanket of fear
Wrapped all around me
I wanted someone to hold me
But I only had this for safety

Rough on the back roads
Hands on the wheel
I’m holding the rope
Losing hope
But I’m yearning for real

Oh but I really want you to know
That I’m on my way
I feel scared and alone
But my thoughts are safe
I did this just to show
That I’m trying to stay
I just haven’t felt myself
But that comes with age

Coming down
Coming down from my mountain town
Where I banished far away
In a treacherous haze
Now I’m coming down

Moving so slowly
Like a mile in a day
But my mind likes to deceive
So the ghosts come to play

And when they surround me
They whisper my name
I can’t see where they are
And my eyes don’t know where to aim

Oh, so I am searching all around
For some kind of hope
I’ve been dreaming for days
Gotta widen my scope
I thought being all alone
Would’ve helped me to cope
Wrote some letters to you
But got no envelope

Coming down
Coming down from my mountain town
Where I banished far away
In a treacherous haze
Now I’m coming down

A horde of wild animals
Drags me down
Helps to carry me down
To you, back to you
Helps to carry me down

Coming down
Coming down from my mountain town
Where I banished far away
In a treacherous haze
Now I’m coming down

Comments

@becooljanele 1w

@rcook understandable! I think I have the opposite problem, I write a lot and don’t want to cut any of it out a lot of the time. Writers rounds around here in Nashville prefer you to keep your songs under 3 minutes. I’m gonna work on trying to write shorter songs! Can’t wait to hear how your lengthier songs come out!

@rcook 1w

This is really nice. I'm hoping to gain some inspiration from this for my own songs which always end up topping out at about 2 minutes' length.

@madeline 2w

What a lovely song and an amazing one take effort! You have a powerful voice as well. Looking forward to checking out more this month!

@hummingbear 2w

Wow, beautiful guitar playing and voice. Clearly you belong in Nashville! I liked the idea that "I thought being all alone
Would’ve helped me to cope" but it didn't, which brings us to the repeated "coming down" and the trajectory of the story.

@tseaver 2w

Nice write! Lovely shifts in pacing and vocal intensity carry the listener along on this journey. "Wrote some letters .. but go no envelope" is a particularly strong image, as is that the wild animals are actually helping.

@smileymn 2w

Wow beautiful singing and playing! You never know what you'll hear when checking out other people's music on FAWM, and this is one of the best! I don't have any comments other than that I loved it, and I'll check out more of your music!