FAWM: "In These Troubled Times"

In These Troubled Times

1 week ago by @joefahey

Liner Notes

Though I'm trying to avoid writing songs like this, I'm just writing what I know right now.

Wrote and recorded this one from scratch today, probably took a couple hours. Messed up the chord pattern on the basic tracks but I didn't want to start over so I just went with it.

#folkrock #political

Lyrics

In these troubled times
It’s so easy to lose your mind
When more than half your herd
Have lost their way

They’ve been played like a fiddle
While the forests burn
The cyclones churn
Losing more than they can earn

Send these troubled times
 Send these troubled times away
Send these troubled times 
Send these troubled times away

In this reverse passion play
The malice builds day by day
The cries go so unheard
Hope has lost its way

Can’t unleash those I told you so’s
To the I don’t care’s
To the they wouldn’t dare’s 
To the clueless and the cruel

Send these troubled times
 Send these troubled times away
Send these troubled times 
Send these troubled times away

In this jilted land
It’s so hard to understand
Why more than half the herd
Looked the other way

They’ve been hoodwinked by a grifter
Bamboozled and beguiled
All by a man child
Romulus Disgustus is his name

Send these troubled times
 Send these troubled times away
Send these troubled times 
Send these troubled times away

Comments

@catetaylor 1d

Romulus Disgustus indeed!
Such a relatable song. It’s difficult to fathom how people allow for this to happen…more than half the herd.
I love your song delivery. It’s so warm and natural, melancholy but soothing too.
And a chorus for the masses…or the remaining herd anyway.

@ductapeguyMod 6d

This is indeed a song for these times. I love the biblical and historical imagery. You nailed it.

@toddnorem 6d

Love it when all of the instruments come in at the beginning of the song. It sounds like this avalanche coming right at you like some classic rock song we've never heard before. Sounds really optimistic even if the subject matter isn't. You've been really good at turning these troubled times into good songs. I'll never get why half the herd looked the other way and keep wondering when they're finally going to feel the impact of their ignorance. This one sounds pretty timeless, which I like. But boy, wouldn't it be nice if it wasn't and you could just change the lyrics to sunshine and rainbows? Great tune and recording, Joe.

@tspoon 1w

“It’s so hard to understand
Why more than half the herd
Looked the other way.” That line there is what I been grappling with since November. But I love the sound of this. You got a full band going here and it’s quite lush. Beautiful sound for some troubled times indeed. Great work Joe