FAWM: "The tamer"

The tamer

3 weeks ago by @torsten

Skirmish: Mythology (@atornberg)

The tamer

torsten

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Liner Notes

The prompt of the skirmish was:

"Write an epic song that could become a timeless myth. It should be a story of a heroic figure, or if you wish, the most evil mythical figure ever."

The following is what I came up with. Might be just the beginning of a new song.

Lyrics

am dm
last year I was plagued by the myths
G C
they were in front of my door and my eyes
dm am
I think they came from the toilet paper
F E7
I thought to myself so ein Scheiß

am dm
First I shooed / chased them away
G C
than I got these strips with glue
dm am
and think I caused death and sorrow and among them
F E7
but their numbers just grew and grew

C
Then a friend told me about julian
em
He'd forgotten of course where he knew him from
am
But Julian knew how to communicate
D Bb
with Ideas no matter how brisk
C em
He is a real mythologist
F E7
known as the tamer of myths
F em C
known as the tamer of myths

Comments

@kpollock 4d

Love the atmosphere and imagination of this one.

@tanjabymc 2w

Klingt vielversprechend, bin gespannt wie es weitergeht!

@wurzelfrau 3w

There need to be at least 5 more chapters to this story, i chuckled, great listen!

@karan 3w

Wow, this is great! I wouldn't have guessed it was the result of a skirmish!

@allaboutgeorge 3w

A song grounded in the real world, which makes its reach into the relationship with a friend (and the friend's skill) all the more resonant. Is ... is Julian a person? Is it the calendar? As others are saying, I want to know what happens next! 😀

@complexissimple 3w

I said "I feel like this song needs a sequel" and then I saw that you said in the liner notes "Might be just the beginning of a new song". It does feel like the introduction to a story that we almost NEED to hear more of.

The last line has a different feel to me than the rest of the song, if I were the one writing the follow-up I think I'd tell the story of the myth-taming in a more solemn style to match that (and then maybe afterward switch back to bouncy irreverence).

@atornberg 3w

Interesting take on the prompt. I want to hear more!

@markg 3w

Oh, I wish we could get rid of some of those pest with just a glue strip!

@tseaver 3w

Fun write! Casting myths as flies buzzing about, needing an expert to remove them, made me smile.

@kahlo2013 3w

This is both delightful and quirky as well as wonderful introduction to Julian who I would like to know more about! What a lovely melody and delivery!

@mashala 3w

Oh yeah, groovy guitar as always - fun to listen to!
I quite liked the Julian / "knew him from" rhyme ^^
Didn't know you had a myths invasion in your home but glad you found professional help! Can't wait to hear what happens next...