FAWM: "Drowning"

Drowning

Liner Notes

My first contribution to #FUC this year along with some #Hangdrum.

This song is pretty melancholy, but I'm doing okay, relatively speaking.

Thankyou for your songs people!

Lyrics

C G C
Talk me down.
F
I’m drowning in this,
C G F
Web of sound.
G Em
My feet they hunt for
C G F
Solid ground.
F G C
But I feel nothing.

Give me light,
The darkness steals,
My hope and sight,
The walls are growing
Cold and tight,
Around this nothing.

Speak my friend,
I’m covered in this,
Silent end.
No bird or tree,
Will comfort lend,
And I hear nothing,

Touch my hand,
I wander in a,
Desert land,
No-one seems to understand,
That I feel nothing.

I hear your song,
First quiet,
But now loud and strong,
From far away on
Journey long,
It isn’t nothing.

Comments

@bethdesombre 1w

What gorgeous sound you get out of that instrument! This is beautiful and sad and, even a bit hopeful. Your traditional sounding use of language is lovely and the rhyme scheme works really well. This is beautiful.

@philkmills 2w

I like the pattern of "what's good", followed by "why it's needed". It seems to tell a story of someone who has identified both problem and solution, with a plan to turn things around. The uke is as lush sounding as I've ever heard one be.

(Great recording too.)

@wylddandelyon 2w

Finally, it played! Lovely and sad, but room for hope. And sometimes the best solace for loneliness and grief is knowing you’re not alone.

@beacon 2w

This was so beautiful. Your voice works with the instruments, and I wouldn't have thought to put them together. This is very much my genre too.

@gmcgath 2w

The music fits the mood, barely able to escape the tonic pitch. Gloomy but effective.

@jodidamon 2w

I watched it without issue too. super sweet and sad tune. Love the addition of the hangdrum. Love the little spark of hope at the end. Good stuff!

@celineellis 2w

Watched without issue - and really loved the Uke and hangdrum pairing in this. A great little folk ditty

@danielkelly 2w

@wylddandelyon that is weird, it should just be a standard YouTube link (that you can watch without signing in).

@wylddandelyon 2w

I keep getting a message to sign in! Since I can comment elsewhere, I assume this is a problem with your hosting site, not the FAWM site?

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