15. track 50

2 days ago by @knobbyneggins815

Liner Notes

#indie #oddtimesignature #endings

The final song for FAWM '25, and the final track for the Short Stories trilogy I started releasing last year for 50/90. Exhausted, excited, and relieved to put all of these songs together and get 'em on Bandcamp!

As for the song itself, I am in love with loops and callbacks (My FAWM album last year kind of ended up becoming one), so this track is built off of all of the stuff I stumbled on in "track 1" last year, down to the last lines of this song leading into the first lines of the other one.

The structure is an #oddtimesignature , which is strange because I didn't really do any wonky time signatures for this FAWM (I think the nature of tributes and sad songs makes me less interested in "showing off" musically), but this one makes up for it. The verse progression is three bars of 7/4, then a bar of 9/4, then three of 7/4, then a bar of 10/4. The middle bit is 3/4, and the final bit is 5/4, which, once again, leads into track 1.

This particular progression has followed me for...let me check my voice memos.....2023! I've had a recording of me drumming the verses out on a steering wheel for ages and never knew how to make a song out of it. Well now here we are.

I wanted the track to be quieter and end with the same fuzzy vinyl scratching it started with, so not only does the trilogy loop, but each individual album loops back into itself. Snakes upon snakes eating a deluge of tails. Very indulgent, I know.

Anyways, thanks for listening if you've heard any of these. I appreciate the feedback and kind words. I'm tapped out and due to Life Stuff coming up, I think I'm taking a break from music. I have ideas for next FAWM, but if it doesn't happen, that's fine! I'm really happy with 4 WHOLE ALBUMS within a year. After a long writers block, I'm grateful for everything FAWM has given me.

The Sister Song, and one that it leads directly back into, is right here:
https://soundcloud.com/brandon-brooks-746737217/track-1

Lyrics

I've been taught well,
Time and time again,
To keep my distance.

The door will close,
But somewhere out there
Another opens.

Whatever it seems to be,
This moment is just a piece
Of a longer story,

So it may hurt to hear,
But I don't know you,
And you don't know me.

I often hide between
The liner notes and poetry
Where no one can find me.

So, as the curtain calls,
If you can see this,
Thank you kindly.

We're a minute or two away
From the end of everything,
These Short Stories,

So I'll confess,
I don't want this to end.
I wish you could know me.

The moral of the story.
The sum of all the parts.
The pieces of the whole
Are waiting in the dark.

Put it altogether
It feels like it belongs,
But you know it's not the same,
And you know it never was.

All I see
Are empty streets.
I'll tell you what
I Believe....

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