Inertia

by @rocketgrrrl

Challenge: Descending Chords
Inertia
rocketgrrrl
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Liner Notes

#girlwithpiano #challenge

This one was a trip down a #dark road - or, perhaps, a thrilling trip down the path of a perfectly fine sapphic #queer #lovesong. It might also be a #superhero song, in a climactic confrontation between a superhero and her rival. I certainly had that in the back of my mind, too.

I worked in the Descending Chords weekly challenge, which I think helped shape the arc of the story.

Lyrics

Inertia
Jemma Kline

This new inertia
Has left me breathless.
Must find a way to
Take one more step.
Your soft suppression
Has left me hopeless.
Should find a way to
Still lift my head

Free me sweetly,
Hold me tightly.
Take me, give me
My sweet release.

Our simple friendship
Has turned to passion,
My body burning
Within your grip.
I feel your fingers
Leave their impression.
Your hands remind me
I wanted this.

Free me sweetly,
Hold me tightly.
Take me, give me
My sweet release.

My mind struggling for freedom,
But my blood won’t let you go.

Free me sweetly,
Hold me tightly.
Take me, give me
My sweet release.

Comments

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Nice music, I love the challenges here, and you got this one. Did a great job on it too.
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That descending chord sequence really ramps up the drama. I agree with the superhero comment in your liner notes, too—I can easily hear this as grand guignol, extended cinematic universe fare. It's not until everything resolves spectacularly with that last line that you realise how the song has been building us up to it.
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nicely open to interpreptation. i like the slower pace slowly speeding up! excellent lyric especially the chorus
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