Puddles of Cat

10 weeks ago by @newukenewyork

Liner Notes

“Puddles of Cat” - #fawm 50/90 2024 original song 6

In solitude, happiness and sorrow may both be close company.

I have a vague memory of writing these lyrics last summer — I think around a prompt. They’re a bit unusual, both about the comfort of animal friends and also about mortality, and they could have gone less moody but I think I like this take on them.

Just two chords worked for the verse and refrain melody, then I went a bit wild on the bridge. It almost works for one chord progression challenge, but not quite. For this reason, I submit it to the #breaktherules challenge. And I think it fits the #nochorus challenge, as I did see this as having a repeating refrain rather than a chorus.

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Lyrics

Sometimes alone
In the geodesic dome
You call home
It pierces you through

Puddles of cat to wrap across you
The lean of a dog when you’re blue

Sipping your tea
Where the sunlight would be
But it’s rainy
And you feel it, too

REFRAIN

Small needs, you’re down in the weeds
Everyone leaves
And one day it will be you
Who skips rocks with your breath
And learns whether death
Holds

REFRAIN

Feels like it sounds
There’s a medicine found
Kit and a hound
Small riches accrue

REFRAIN

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