FAWM: "YOU MIGHT"

YOU MIGHT

2 weeks ago by @conuladh

YOU MIGHT

conuladh

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Liner Notes

This #acousticonetake took me by surprise. I intended to have a drink and watch a movie but I glanced at a note from late January - the first two lines of this song. I thought I'd try a laidback 3 chord country ballad. After a few minutes of noodling on the guitar something else happened and the song started moving in a different direction.

Lyrics

‘YOU MIGHT’
You might stay with me
Because I say I love you
You might stay with me
When I act as if I don't

Maybe it's because
I'm a sweet talking man
Maybe, maybe, maybe
You're afraid there’s no escape
From the walls I built around you
No way to make a getaway

You might stay with me
Because I hope you never leave
You might stay with me
'Cos I couldn't live without you

Maybe it's because
You think it will all get better
Or cos I told you if I hurt myself
It won't be on me, it will your fault
And who could say I’m wrong
And who could disagree

I’m not one of the good guys
You know it and so do I
From somewhere deep,
A vestige of humanity
Compels me to speak
The last words I’ll ever say to you

‘It’s OK to walk away’

Comments

@andygriff 2w

It's great when something arrives organically and heads off in a direction unexpected. Powerful and brave lyric, it's not easy to make the narrator the bad guy but this is corruscating. Great write, and I like the mood shifts too ✍️ 😊

@wehappyfew 2w

Cool one taker and hangs together really well! I like the little unexpected twists that you pop in, like at the end of the 2nd verse and instrumental section. Strong lyrics too. 🙌

@josie_allen 2w

Yes, interesting choice of persona. You so rarely get songs from this kinda of perspective that at first you think your dealing with an unreliable narrator but actually it's a slow descent into coercive control like many of these situations are.