FAWM: "Flowers"

Flowers

1 week ago by @theodamus

Flowers

theodamus

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Liner Notes

This song has actually driven me off the edge haha I wrote it on the 5th (?!) of Feb and for some reason absolutely nothing I tried was working when I went to record it. I’ve changed vibe, changed key, changed bpm, changed chord sequence, changed lyrics, re-recorded it about 6 times, and now here we are back at pretty close to where I started so I don’t really understand why it didn’t work the first time. I guess it was just destined for Valentine’s day. IT’S GOOD ENOUGH IT’S DONE I’M NOT TOUCHING IT AGAIN THANKS BYE.

The inspiration for this one was a short story called Flowers from one of my favourite recent books, a queer horror anthology "Eyes Guts Throat Bones" by Moira Fowley. It’s about firsts and lasts, rights and wrongs, often at the same time.

Drums are a garageband placeholder, guitars and vocals me.

#rock #alternativerock #queer #horror

Lyrics

Out behind the town
Where the billboards scream on top of us
The end of things on top of us
Stones don’t need a throw to fly
If I look I’ll lose an eye

Raining flowers from the sky
Snow drift petals pile high
And the weight of them will crack the ground and swallow this whole town

The earth is speaking now
Flowers fall on top of us
It shudders with the weight of us
Daffodils a mile high
When we touch we rip the sky

Raining flowers from on high
Ashes paint the oceans white
and the heat of it will crack the ground and burn it down

Raining flowers from the sky
Snowdrift petals pile high
and the weight of them will crack the ground

Comments

@wrecksyclare 16h

Pretty delicate things that are actually scary evil things - a delight!!

@zecoopMod 2d

Killer guitar - so much emo vibe throughout. The layers in this really add up to an intense experience. I like it a lot, but get it about not vibing with your own songs sometimes. :)

@cluebird66 4d

This is great!! Love the idea of snowdrift petals burying and cracking ground - very cool imagery. Your vocal delivery was on point for this. Excellent listen!

@vince_link 5d

This is a lovely little indie gem! Nice chord progression.

Thanks for listening to my Losing Sleep!

@blainev83 1w

Glad you pushed through. This is a banger. Love the chord progression. Lyrics are stellar. “Ashes paint the ocean white” is such brilliant imagery. Super dig this.

@disarming 1w

Holy shizz
Incredible. This took me to a different dimension. Really cool. Your cool changes and non typical melodies never cease to amaze me. Love this!

@jongoldie 1w

Clap, clap, clap etc. Love your voice. Love your guitar work. sends shivers.very art rock vibe.
The first demo seems to often be the one lol.

@aaronnathans 1w

Love the chorus! (and the pivot into the chorus.) This really rocks. Great performance. Feels like something Bowie might have written (but he didn't!).

@wrenarcher 1w

Sorry you had such a hard time recording this, but the changes you made... wowza! This turned out so good.

There's something unique about your vocals and I really like it. There is a section near the beginning where I thought this sounds a little like Morrissey but then there's this other part, I think the chorus, where I thought wow this sounds like David Bowie if Bowie had a gravely, punk voice.

Really cool song. Way to go.

@alyxanderjames 1w

This is great! I love the chorus melody in particular, it's delightfully menacing.

@nwhosings 1w

The coolest groove, and I love the build with guitars on the chorus!
Using flowers as a threat!? *chef's kiss*
Mostly I'm in love with all the vocal dynamics and colours you got in here! Everything from smokey, husky, gravelly, to floaty, gentle and then back to brazen, brassy but clear. Ahahah, it's so good!