My Head's In A Spin (Collab)

by @esc4p3 · @nancycunning

Liner Notes

What makes 5090/FAWM so brilliant, this does! @nancycunning listened to two of my songs, one an instrumental called 'Descendinato Beats' (https://fiftyninety.fawm.org/songs/299603) and one a lyric called 'My Head's In A Spin' (https://fiftyninety.fawm.org/songs/299574). Nancy said 'these two go really well together'.....On my own I would never have spotted that. The two pieces were unrelated in my eyes, but it takes two sometimes to make the best of things. Nancy kindly volunteered to sing the lyric over my tune and I am so pleased with how this has turned out, it's our song now. Plus Nancy was very easy to collaborate with, bearing in mind the whole collab thing is still very new to me. She has breathed life into my lyric as well as altered it slightly to make it better fit in with the music. šŸ˜Ž

#collab #woohoo

Lyrics

My Head's In a Spin
Carl Hall / Nancy Cunningham

I don't cry, I just get dust in my eyes
I don't get mad, 'cause it makes me too sad
Who am I to judge you, you know I still do
I know I'm not perfect, neither are you

V2
Facebook attracts me, so I open it up
Half the posts are immoral, the rest are corrupt
I'm watching shorts on YouTube, I get in a kind of groove
I know I should go out, so why don't I move

V3
Look at the time, there's not much of left of the day
I've got so much left to do, I've got nothing left to say
The shadows are long, it's getting dark outside
The flowers were blooming, now the flowers all died

(Chorus)
How, oh how, oh how do I decide, what is right and what is wrong
Where, oh, where oh where is my place where do I belong
I want to shout out, my thoughts stay in
I get worse and worse, my head's in a spin
I want to make sense of what I'm feeling within
My brain's like a vortex it's pulling me in
I try to ignore what gets under my skin
But it gets worse and worse, my head in sucha spin
I'm getting worse and worse, I'm getting worse and worse, I'm getting worse and worse
my head, my head, my head's in such a spin

V4
So here I am sitting all alone in my room
My life is on hold hope one day it can resume
Some days life makes sense, some days it don't
Some day my life might turn around, but maybe it won't

V5
Some days pass quick, those days make me smile
Those days I act positive at least for a while
I've heard that a healthy mind can thrive upon hope
I've heard to worry all the time's a slippery slope

(Chorus)
How, oh how, oh how do I decide, what is right and what is wrong
Where, oh, where oh where is my place, where do I belong
I want to shout out, my thoughts stay in
I get worse and worse, my head's in a spin
I want to make sense of what I'm feeling within
My brain's like a vortex pulling me in
I try to ignore what gets under my skin
But it gets worse and worse, my head's in sucha spin
Such a spin, such a spin, such a spin

Comments

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For such a bleak (yet oh so relatable and well-written!) subject this is a very enjoyable listen. All the elements work together so well, love the swanky instrumentation and swaggering vocals. Finger-snapping good.
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The circular chord progression gives a decent impression of being pulled in by the vortex of the brain, which is clearly running the show here. Seems like emotions are on hold and the more we think, the less anything makes sense. The repeating chord progression has this ominous feeling of futility. I think @nancycunning was right that the music and the lyrics go together - such a cool collab!
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Very nice song! I enjoyed the musical elements and how it descends throughout. The lyric is well-written and that first line sets it all up perfectly: I don't cry, I just get dust in my eyes. Very timely topic and the vocal performance is very engaging. Good ear to see how these fit together! Great job!
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Super collab! This is a really fun melding of lyrics, music, and mind! Glad Nancy had the vision and vocals! Love that lift as the chorus begins. The lyrics have some fun lines, too. "I try to ignore what gets under my skin" is one of my favorites.
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Nice way to bring the two songs together, and great job on the vocals Nancy. Like how the songs has a sense of spin, just like the title line, especially the high instrument that appears briefly like in V5. Really captures the modern feeling of being held down by the entertainment options that go nowhere. Really like the hook my heads in a such a spin.
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Inspired combination of the two separately created elements and Nancy's performance. It certainly held my attention with memories of "Hit the Road Jack" by Ray Charles.
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Love the story about how this piece came together--really terrific collaboration on this. Love Nancy's vocal! ā¤ļø
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This kind of magic is one of the things I love so much about FAWM and 5090. And when two of my friends get together to produce something like this... well it's transcendent.
This is, quite simply, wonderful in every respect.
More from the pair of you please! šŸ˜€
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@sbs
I absolutely love the descending chords! Big fan of that! And those Bluesy vocals - wow! It feels like Iā€™m sipping a gin in a speakeasy. Love this!! Brilliant collab!
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The writing is excellent. It really captures the zeitgeist of the times. Nancys idea to torn one of the songs into the chorus of the other is a brilliant move, giving more weight to the song as a whole. Her singing is fabulous, my favorite vocal of hers this year, I like the "Hit the Road jack" bassline. It has a subliminal effext of subtly evoking the road and the world outside. All in all, a tremendous collaboration,
[FAWM]