5090 by FAWM: "Where Have I Gone? / Unconsidered Pointless Utterance to a Void Pt. 4"

Where Have I Gone? / Unconsidered Pointless Utterance to a Void Pt. 4

Skirmish: WHERE DID I GO? (@corinnecurcio)

There is no demo for this song.

Liner Notes

Where did I go? Yeah where DID I go? Where did my songs go? I know where they haven’t gone, page 1. Of course, except this one cause it’s a skirmish and it’s worth people’s attention over a song that took several hours and days of conceptualization

Lyrics

So sorry the wanted poster
Turned into a missing poster
So sorry you had to staple my face
To the place intended for another guy
Who did things so bad I cannot describe
How glad I am that you did not forget
Cause nobody asks “Where did I go?”
Since I’ve been gone for fifteen years
I Vanished without a trace, don’t even understand it

“Oh my bad” she said, on my bed she sat
With breakfast in bed, but only for one person
“You must have had a fall
Cause I don’t see your skull” she said
And I sat, blanket on head, as if I follow islam
No, nobody asks “Where have I gone?”
What happened now, what has he done?
Gone for fifty years by now, when will he come back?

So there I sat twiddling my fingers
Hangnail pulled like wallpaper ‘round your mirrors
What is there to feast upon, if all the feast has done
Is lay the cash upon the desk of those who least deserve it
No one cares if I am gone, dead or otherwise
That’s not surprise

Comments

@berni1954 2w

I'm with Liz (kahlo2013) on this one!

If I may say something about your liner notes. I find it strange that some songwriters here have a very negative outlook towards skirmish songs and feel they are necessarily inferior to those written and developed over weeks, months or even years.

As far as I am concerned, it is just "horses for courses" . Some people can come up with a great song in 20 minutes, others take longer. I don't think either is superior to the other. It is the result that matters.

Some of the most long lived songs in the world were written within the hour a skirmish takes to conclude. At least half of Dylan's early work fits that category, but, of course, other songs were developed over time (Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - As Dylan sang on "Sara"
: "Staying up for days in the Chelsea Hotel, writing "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" for you"

Is "Blowing in the Wind" any less worthy than "SELOTL" because the former was written in a fiery passion within the hour?

@kahlo2013 2w

Deliciously dark and psychologically disturbing lyric that is vivid and engaging! Really clever take on the prompt!

@jwhanberry 2w

The video I saw in my head as I read this was very, very strange but not scary. Fascinating write.

@corinnecurcio 2w

What a dark lyric!
"Hangnail pulled like wallpaper ‘round your mirrors" - What a great line!
I want to know more about this guy! Great take on the prompt