5090 by FAWM: "Rocket Ready"

Rocket Ready

Liner Notes

#acousticrock
The feeling when you know you’re walking into energy that has already been put in place and is ready to do something.

Lyrics

There’s no fire but you feel it
As soon as you come near
It’s like there’s a rumble underfoot
That you can’t quite hear

Nothing’s happened yet but you know it
You know it might
Standing in the darkness and you turn on
Turn on the light

It’s like a rocket ready
Stay loose stay steady
It’s like a rocket ready
For Mars

You can read the room and
Listen for the cues
That’s when every step forward
Feels like lighting a fuse

Nothing’s happened yet but you know it
You know it will
It’s like you’re flying through the galaxy but you’re standing
You’re standing still

It’s like a rocket ready
Stay loose stay steady
It’s like a rocket ready
For Mars

Comments

@odetocollaboration 6w

Just off the cuff I might say this could my favorite song I have heard you do! It really does all come together well!

@headfirstonlyMod 7w

Great writing in this. I really liked the pairing of "Listen for the cues" with "Feels like lighting a fuse" as they emphasise the precariousness of the situation and lean in to the rocket metaphor wonderfully. The sharp guitar stabs build the tension nicely, too!

@berni1954 7w

You build the tension just right so that the last thing the listener is about to hear as it ends is that explosion as the rocket's fuel ignites that prompted the song.