West of the Moon

by @wondertruly

West of the Moon
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Liner Notes

#singersongwriter #folk #acousticonetake

I hope everybody had a great weekend! Here’s the latest: a co-write with Abe, one of my hosts here in Utah and my new songwriting client. It has many revisions ahead as the heat finally ebbs and our brains ooze back into our skulls, but as far as a first draft, though, I think it works!

I tried to work within Abe’s vocal range for this, so I got to stretch my vocal low end a bit. 😀

Lyrics

No doubt about it
If you want to succeed
If you want to succeed
You have to go away

Far from this place
Where lies and truth converge
If you want tomorrow
You have to give up yesterday

PreCh 1:
He burned his stories and sketches
and hedged his bets
His conviction was to disappear

Am I the only one
Offered up to insignificance
In this godforsaken room

If I’m the only one
Lonely in my own damn reticence
Whose name god sings out of tune

Find me in the foothills
West of the moon
Find me somewhere west of the moon
Halfway to Sonoma
If you want to be free
If you want to be free
You have to run?

Let fear be your companion
and find out what he eats
Sync his cadence to your heartbeat
so he never leaves

Am I the only one
Offered up to insignificance
In this godforsaken room

If I’m the only one
Lonely in my own damn reticence
Whose name god sings out of tune

Find me in the foothills
West of the moon
Find me somewhere west of the moon

The singing from the church made me afraid of life
Forgiven every morning and remembered in the night
Staring at my hands who have never seen a fight
The ringing of the church bells, the dull edge of the knife

Am I the only one
Offered up to insignificance
In this godforsaken room

Am I the only one
Offered up to insignificance
In this godforsaken room

If I’m the only one
Lonely in my own damn reticence
Whose name god sings out of tune

Find me in the foothills
West of the moon
Find me somewhere west of the moon
Find me somewhere west of the moon

Comments

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@rocketgrrrl
This is an ambitious song, with complex and introspective, poetic lyrics. There are some incredible lines in there.
The part about your name, being sung out of tune was perhaps my favorite, but there were a lot of other ones too.
Vocally, going to that end of your range with this song sounded very Ani DeFranco to me, in a fantastic way.
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@tawny249
This is really cool! I love the rhythm and tempo changes. Your singing is downright sultry, I approve of the low end. 😄 Beautiful lyrics too, the pre-chorus and chorus are so well-phrased - "whose name God sings out of tune" is a memorable line. Very much a keeper.
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@esc4p3
Love the guitar playing all the way through, changes of patterns, pace, dynamics of playing. Great story in the lyrics, nice!
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@barkstales
A mournful song and a triumphant song same time. You have woven together a story that completely relatable. In the cords you chose and strumming pattern just really really supported the tune nice job.
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@owling
I love this! The tune and the voice of course. But also "if you want tomorrow, you have to give up yesterday". And the idea to accept fear as a companion with the image of finding what it eats
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@sbs
Love the title! Then….Ooooh!! Super cool vibe from the first note to the last! So western-like! Took me by surprise’
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