FAWM: "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost"

Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost

4 days ago by @headfirstonlyMod

Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost

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Liner Notes

I've been having some #prog fun and games with the #WarrGuitar today, inspired by a meme from the late 90s. I really had fun recording and producing this one and I even used my FAWM egg #shaker!

Lyrics

You're not the person you pretend to be
I'm past the point of calling you names
Sitting at your desk with your soy-milk latté
While everything around you is in flames

Don't you see the way we're hanging tight?
We won't be letting go without a fight

There's a message flashing on your screen:
"Everything not saved will be lost"
Don't try to claim you don't know what that means
That line was long since crossed

Do you not understand the situation?
Or is it that you just don't care?
You stoke the fires of this conflagration
Each time you claim that it isn't there

The way you profit from disaster
Left your directors feeling most impressed
But once things start collapsing faster
You'll find it's over sooner than you guessed

Comments

@jgale 2d

Another incredible banger. The lyrics got me. "The way you profit from disaster/left your directors feeling most impressed." Just wait till they find out what's in the soymilk latte.

@heliosonorous 3d

Like the aggressive feel of this one, comes out strong and keeps it up all track.

@motorcitymusicman 3d

Great lyrics, giving a double meaning to the title. The music has a cool retro prog feel, and the performance is excellent. Really nice song.

@edwinb 3d

Meme inspired songs are always fun. I like this jumping off point and these are excellent and timely lyrics with a great sound. This is fine.

@ayeahmur 3d

Marvelously and justifiably angry lyrics in this one. I really like the deeper meaning you give to the title line. Musically, the bass line and that little tick-tocking low arp work really well together. Yeah, the synths and guitar treatments are very 90s prog, aren't they? Lovely guitar counter melody line latterly too.
And it would all just have fallen apart without the crucial shaker!

Lots of fun to listen to.

@emplate 3d

Ohhh, that chorus is really cool! Very nice sounds to this, 80s synths and prog goodness. And such a juicy lead guitar, goddamn.

@coolparadisoMod 3d

Damn, I’m a gonna then! Oo a Fawm egg shaker! Music is well layered! Have to listen carefully pull all of the bits out! Worth it though! Nice.

@timfatchenMod 3d

soy-milk latte is enough to make me pick up my foil and quietly remove the button... What a good prog sound. ANd your voice remains a lethal instrument in it's own right. (And you don't need me to tell you how good your production values as always are, do you? Right then.) (Incidentally we're at this moment in the throes of a major industrial collapse disaster brought to us by those soy-latte lads and ladsies). Good stuff! Stick it to them! (waves foil)

@fb2studios 4d

This is cool. It has a sort of retro feeling. I can imagine Heaven 17 doing this

@dhiatt 4d

Hey, I'm drinking an OATmilk latte at my desk, thank you very much. Good thing this song isn't about me (phew). Love the core line "Everything not saved will be lost" and how you've built around it. I love how every 1-2 lines there's some kind of new development, some new instrumentation or musical line. It really adds to a chaotic feel that fits with the theme.