"Contradictions" : FAWM

Contradictions

5 hours ago by @gordon

Skirmish: Contradiction (@robinleaf)

Contradictions

gordon

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Liner Notes

#contradictions #skirmish #melodic Well this was a nice prompt. Tried to go for the contradiction between the harsh words and the melody of the song, but who knows if it came across that way. Fun to do!

Lyrics

Don’t want to contradict you, But I think your brain just flipped Won’t you listen to yourself

You say you’re an athlete born to compete But walking down an empty street You managed to trip on your own two feet

And you say that you love me You know it’s not true Just the sort of thing I expect from you

If you were any dumber you’d make the news The things you say, even without the booze I heard from Coco the clown, that you stole his shoes

And they look good on you, They draw attention from your other defects You’re a laughing stock, you’ve got no respect

So I’ll take this moment, to say what I think You should really go back on the drink At least you’ll be unaware of what a fool you are

But hey, just saying my piece And hey, no offence yeah? I hope you find peace

Comments

@musicsongwriter 4h

Wow, this is so sad and profound. Brilliantly expressed. Powerful song.

@newukenewyork 4h

“No offense” when being offensive is one of my pet peeves and I love how you’ve used it here. Quite clever! Very nice skirmishing.

@robheron1 4h

Yikes! That is a harsh speech...you really achieved that! There's no pretty melody is ever gonna cover that up. Ha! Certainly the last lines, if the speaker is to be believed, are a contradiction. As you say, not sure you achieved a contrast between the lyric sentiment and melody feel, but so what? It's a great idea. I'm going to try that some time. I couldn't think of another song that really does this, so of course I asked the interweb... best answer, at least to me...Maxwell's Silver Hammer.

Have a great mini-FAWM!

@robcrusade 5h

I feel like the vocal comes across as worn and relenting, which works really well with the guitar that's trying to be cheerful, but seems to suffer a bit of the same malaise.

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