FAWM: "Don't Wanna Be Friends Anymore"

Don't Wanna Be Friends Anymore

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#folk #acousticguitar #girlwithguitar

I finally got one!!!
I've been chasing this one since the first day.

So a few months ago I was watching a young-adult, lesbian, queer YouTube series... you know, as one does. Well, I heard a song as one episode in the series was ending that I really liked. So I looked it up and learned the progression. There is one section of the song where I thought the singer said, "I don't want to be friends anymore". It was close but not quite. That stuck in my head and I began noodling around with why that might be.

This is the direction I took with it.

Lyrics

Don’t know how it happened 
This friendship that we fell in 
Tradin’ laughs and advice and tears.  

It’s like it sprung up outta nowhere 
Unlikely, rare, improbable 
Opposites playin' on the same team  

We’ve shared our wins and our losses 
Late night drowsy clumsy tosses 
of compliments and soft flirting  

Now I’m holdin’ a flame 
Tremblin’ match in my hand 
Knowin’ full well it could ruin everything  

I think I’m ready to commit 
Arson on our friendship 
Burn that shit down 
Heat of a thousand suns
on my face  

i don’t wanna be friends anymore 
Don’t wanna be friends with you anymore 
i wanna feel your lips to mine 
tangled limbs intertwined 
i don’t wanna be just friends anymore.  

So now it's out there this confession 
Did I just lose one of the best things in my life 
I’m exposed without my armor  

Should I’ve taken this to the grave 
Might have been a big mistake 
or maybe this might bring us so much closer  

i wanna feel your lips to mine 
weight of your body like a fine wine 
warming up my skin and my soul  

now I’m holdin’ a flame 
tremblin’ match in my hand 
knowin’ full well it could ruin everything  

I think I’m ready to commit 
Arson on our friendship 
Burn that shit down 
Heat of a thousand suns
on my face  

i don’t wanna be friends anymore 
Don’t wanna be friends w/ you anymore 
i wanna feel your lips to mine 
tangled limbs intertwined 
i don’t wanna be just friends anymore.
i don’t wanna be just friends anymore.

Comments

@dr_griff 21h

Love your guitar work, love the internal rhymes you've worked in here and there ("burn that shit _down_/heat of a _thou_sand suns"). I can feel the vulnerability from here. Beautiful, soulful piece.

@stellaveneer 1w

Such a cool sneaky love song! I really like your acoustic here, you get a lot of good dynamics out of it. I think you have an incredible ear for strumming patterns and how link it to your lyrics, but I'm not saying anything you don't already know.

@mikeskliar 1w

excellent- I think all the other comments really nailed the many great points of this, its got that classic 'fake out' structure with the chorus reversal...and its an emotional and melodic performance- really well done! and those distant background vocals are perfect...

@ally_nicole 1w

This is so emotionally charged and I love the guitar too. I'm so glad Heid commented, bc I wanted to reference those exact lines but didn't know what to call those end word parts, but those were the best parts. I also thought this was going to be just a friendship break-up, but I love the change to romance. Super creative 🧡

@melissacapezio 2w

Oh my gosh this is beautiful- what a cool idea! The title made me think it was going to be about losing a friend, but the turn it took instead is so much more interesting and thrilling to me! I love it! Committing arson to a friendship to become lovers- what an image! You really do a great job of conveying how it feels to attempt this transition, it's terrifying and beautiful. Also I love your voice. Can't wait to hear what else you share here! XO

@stevenwesleyguiles 2w

I love how a little snippet of an idea or something we watched can morph into a whole song/new idea/creation.

Love the "as one does" in your notes.🤣

Absolutely love how the first line of the chorus is completely flipped on it's ass with the second line. GREAT GREAT idea.

@cleanshoes 2w

Gosh, Wren, this is so good! The melancholy chord progression and ethereal backing track caught my attention right away, but it's your lyrics ("We've shared our wins and losses/late night drowsy clumsy tosses," "I'm ready to commit/arson on our friendship" ... oof!) and beautifully vulnerable delivery that went straight to my heart. So good to hear you this year!

@gardeningangel 2w

Daaaang, you got a good one! That is a tasty chord progression and the lyrics WOW... so clever, with so much depth. Your voice starts out slightly guarded, tentative, but the emotions spill out as the song progresses, gave me chills... ahhh, that little sigh after the bridge... the swooning back-up vocals. This is stunning 💖

@marijequerida 2w

I really love where this is going. At first I thought it was about a friendship break-up, but the progression to romance makes a lot of sense. Your voice works so well with this genre and I can actually imagine this song being used in some kind of TV-series. Which brings me to this: what YA lesbian show were you watching? I'm quite curious!

@heid 2w

I love the little swoop your voice does on "tremblin match in my hand" and "might've been a big mistake"
and the melody on the first time you say "i don't wanna be friends anymore"?? oh my god so pretty and expressive!

I also like the distant "oooh ooh" on the instrumental part.

So excited that you're here!

@roseofstolaf 2w

This song is so evocative, love your voice!

@taracraig 2w

Guitar sounds so good. ‘tremblin’ match in my hand  / knowin’ full well it could ruin everything’ - what a great line! I also thought this song was about a friendship ending, loved the twist. Fantastic work!

@musicbykatie 2w

Oooh, that title made me feel like this was about a relationship ending, not going next level! Nice twist there.

@rubberbandage 2w

Oh this is AMAZING, your playing, your singing, those haunting distant “oohs”, and the fragile intimacy of your lyrics. I love it, and bravo to your first song of this FAWM! ❤️

@alyxanderjames 2w

Oof, "I think I’m ready to commit  / Arson on our friendship " is a hell of a couplet! This is great, Wren.

@coolparadisoMod 2w

this has melancholic, introspective feel with a cool.progression and strong vocals that convey a deep emotional feeling.

@meadow_mouse 2w

i love it, you're an amazing singer and it really is a great chord progression. The line "tremblin match in my hand" is so powerful and really captures the feeling of the whole song to me

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