FAWM: "Hi, I Hate It Here"

Hi, I Hate It Here

There is no demo for this song.

Liner Notes

I wandered too far away from the skirmish prompt to post it as a skirmish and I could see this draft becoming more than one song, but we'll see. Still can't sing, so #lyricsonly until I can.

This one's not about a narrative/story and it's certainly not meant to capture how I feel overall about life. It's more abstract/emotional, about a moment or a season or a sliver of time.

Lyrics

Sometimes you have to walk the escalator up
It works okay, if stopped
But still I'd rather not

Hi, I hate it here

And the tears I keep crying in churches
Lying on graves
Falling apart on a long walk home
Feeling my eyes as they glitter and swim
Oceans of loneliness closer to skin
Than to bone
And as cold as the snow

The lilacs in my head when I remember Then
The dreams I had last night
I wish I were asleep again

Hi, I hate it here

And the tears I keep crying in churches
Lying on graves
Falling apart on a long walk home
Feeling my eyes as they glitter and swim
Oceans of loneliness closer to skin
Than to bone
And as cold as the snow

We, becoming diamonds if we live
Love like clockwork, like a kit
Stick us down with pins

BRIDGE
Our peculiar expectations and our buried treasures
Our romances and offices and laughter
Our serious attempts at play, at leisure
Our deadly desire for Ever —
After

Hi, I hate it here
Hi, I hate it here

And the tears I keep crying in churches
Lying on graves
Falling apart on a long walk home
Feeling my eyes as they glitter and swim
Oceans of loneliness closer to skin
Than to bone
And as cold as the snow

Comments

@chill4matt 1w

Hi, I Hate It Here is a really good song. It can mean different things to different people, and it would still be a good song.

@tawny249 1w

Oh, I'd love to hear what you do with this. So many good lines... "becoming diamonds if we live" hits hard. And the entire chorus is spectacular. It has such a good rhythm, even as the line lengths change. Tag me when you sing it!