5090 by FAWM: "Every Rose Is Empty (I concede nothing)"

Every Rose Is Empty (I concede nothing)

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Why is there something rather than nothing?

Lyrics

Too early to quit
Too late to start
Empty gestures fill with their own desire
Now the easy part
It’s too late to quit
Strike an empty pose and let it fill with life

I’ll concede it’s not much
But it’s mine
I can see some contours, some outlines, some shapes on the wall
I concede it’s not much
But it’s mine
So I’m conceding nothing at all

Strike an empty pose
And fill it up
Every pose is empty
Yeah, so what?!
Go and find a rose
And pick it up
Every rose is empty
Yeah, so what?!

Comments

@ayais 6w

Yeah, now I'm to this first one after some of the rest, and I like @mtmelodie 's comments about starter dough. Yes, re-use. There is emotion in your stuff - good emotion - along with the mysteries.

@gerrybhoy 8w

Your delivery is always immersive no matter what you sing you draw the listener in this is another fine example filled with wit and intrigue.

@mtmelodie 8w

Should have listened to your songs in posting order I guess, since this is the starter dough for the next songs, i really like how you aren’t afraid of reusing and copying good parts from a song and presenting the themes it in a slightly different way…

@ttg105 8w

Great vocal interplay and enigmatic lyrics. "Strike an empty pose and let it fill with life" could be a motto for the perplexed. Your voice sounds really good here!

@loveonamixtape 8w

Oooh yay, you're here! And what an entrance! Love the chord progression and the doubled vocals. Another great set of lyrics, but I especially love the whole "I'll concede...nothing at all" stanza.

@davidtaro 8w

Love the note of defiance in the 'Yeah, so what' lines. And the doubled vocals are great too. As with so much of your stuff, there's just the right balance of specificity and opaqueness in the words to let the listener interpret it how they need. Great job.

@catmisgivings 8w

This says a lot more than it would seem to. Reminds me of an art teacher's lesson on negative space. Being itself the sort of sketch its lyrics would suggest lends it extra punch.

@odilongreen 8w

Lovely and wistful, stuffed with the intense melodicism and hooks as always with your tracks. Magical, and touching.

@coolparadisoMod 8w

Yup good to hear you! Like the slower pace and pauses that focuses on this interesting lyric. Got a real rolling beat.

@billwhite51 9w

So good to hear you again in classic form. Brilliant invention and control of the various rhythms in your phrasing is just one factor that glues me to the song. The theme reminds me of some Eatern religious saying that you dont have to do anything, that your mere presence will alter reality.

@kaminokai 9w

Psychedelic. Very Syd era stylings. Cool.

@mahtowin 9w

I've waited for this!
Great lyrics as always: lyrics - clear and poetic. really love the last vers. Vocals - to me you got an Scottish accent :-)) I really love this and all this perfectly accompanied with a "simple" guitar playing!

Great! Enjoyed this very much!

@sbs 9w

Was thinking, “Hmmm.. wonder if there’s something new from my watchlist” - and there you were! What a treat! Favorite part was when the vocal harmonies overlapped.

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