FAWM: "Day of Gold"

Day of Gold

2 weeks ago by @elainedimasi · @toms

Day of Gold

elainedimasi +1

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Liner Notes

Elaine says: Tom sends guitars, I sing
Tom says: whatever is good about this, Elaine did it, absolute truth.

Lyrics

am i living
sitting
can i stand
i am missing something - not you, just -
all of the fingers on all of my hands

thought I said: catastrophe
you lecture me about self-mastery
redacted what I thought you asked of me
now you act as though you've had the last of me

the veins we mined for gold
led us in to dark and cold
yet a shaft should lead back out again,
so we were told

can we regain the sunlight, where we both can see us?
dark days are coming - keep hold
of the packet of your sunrise powder
dark days are coming - dark days
a day can be eternity, a day can be an hour

so I'll give you the best of me
I'll expect you to accept the rest of me
ah, the wrecking ball that makes a mess of me,
you can welcome it as a guest of me.

we will mine the mother lode
we will touch what is not known
our act will raise us up into the Day of Gold

Gold Days
Gold Days
what do you say?

Comments

@tonyr 5d

Enjoyed this immensley.

@audrey 5d

What a lovely, unique and interesting melody. Lovely backdrop of music and beautiful vocal. A very polished sounding result. I love this! It reminds me of Joni Mitchell.

@doug52 6d

Lovely vocals and lyric. I liked how you went with the me, me, me rhyme. Very interesting and you sang those in such a way that they were all unique. Great Job!

@russkeys 1w

Beautiful space! Interesting lyrics. They are evocative without being literal, very poetic. Such an upbeat take on the golden days. Wonderful energy.

@nadine 1w

These lyrics literally dig deeper. I have many ideas of the meaning which is a great thing. Production is niiiice!

@andygetch 1w

Ah this is all kinds of transcendence!

@jinx 2w

Wow, this hit me hard. Just recently I was reading about famous mining disasters, and also talking to a friend about Plato's "Allegory of the Cave", both of which images I feel I can see reflected in this wonderful lyric, along with so much more. And what an uplifting, musingly beautiful performance.

@daveyboy103 2w

Beautiful dreamy track, the production and vocals are great. terrific job.

You definitely feel the Steely Dan vibe which is a very good thing in my book

@pumpkinhead 2w

Steely Dan good vibe on part one, just beautiful. Nice driver in second part to bring song forward. I day you har a lovely collab.
Thanks 🙏 Gold days make me think of old days.

@timfatchenMod 2w

There's serious complication musicality and musicianship behind this easily-flowing seriously professional and enticing piece. Well done both!

@resonut123 2w

Ore Ida, I am "Digging" this Cool Collab.
Gorgeous singing and luscious guitar work are tunneling through my brain.
Well done.

@tonyr 2w

Lovely.

@billwhite51 2w

this is one for a dance marathon night. who is going to take home the pot of gold on gold day? well, it does remind me of the old dance marathons back when people would risk everything for a piece of change. i csn feel the wind stirred u by those big dresses spinning around...yet im sure this song isnt about a dance marathon at all.

@spinhead 2w

oh, the lyrical flow. so sweet.

them guitars. oh yes indeedy. firm, but not in the way.

the lyric is abstract enough that I want to hear this enough times to find my own meaning. and that's a good thing.

and you know I love your voice.