FAWM: "Digging Our Graves"

Digging Our Graves

1 week ago by @spazsquatch · @lyricslinger

Liner Notes

@lyricslinger wrote these "needsmusic" lyrics that when I read them had a serious murder ballad vibe to it, which I thought would be fun. As I started to play around with it, I was finding a lot more humor in the lyrics than initially and the direction I was going just felt like it took itself too seriously. I played around with a few ideas and eventually settled on this #rock / #indie type thing which I thought gave it a serious enough vibe while having a bit more
"wink wink". Hope you like it Simon.

Lyrics

Lyrics by @lyricslinger, ever so slightly tweaked by @spazsquatch which I mention as a note on the difference between this and the original post, not for credit.

[Verse 1]
It's another day in the office concrete jungle
It's all kicking off, I can hear the thunder rumble
It doesn't matter how many years
If you're fair prey then you're fair prey

[Verse 2]
The new project is not like all the others
We've been siphoned off, a foot-sore band of brothers
There's a structure change to our heart
But if you're fair prey then you're fair prey

[Chorus]
We've been taken out to the woods
And we're digging our graves
We're digging our graves

We've been taken out to the woods
And we're digging our graves
We've been digging our graves

[Verse 3]
Not many hours left in the office concrete jungle
Go for a last canteen meal and stay humble
It doesn't matter how good you are
If you're fair prey then you're fair prey

[Verse 4]
The handover is a velvet coup
They'll layer on the praise before they butcher you
It doesn't matter how hard you worked
When you're fair prey then you're fair prey

[Chorus]
We've been taken out to the woods
And we're digging our graves
We're digging our graves

We've been taken out to the woods
And we're digging our graves
We've been digging our graves

[Break]

[Bridge]
I'll never forget the fallen from Twenty Three
But I never thought the next in line would be me!

[Chorus]
We've been taken out to the woods
And we're digging our graves
We're digging our graves

We've been taken out to the woods
And we're digging our graves
We've been digging our graves

[Outro]
Poor Jimmy's put a scarf around his head
If you can't see the muzzle flash you can't be...

F/x: sound of a rifle shot, then silence

Written by Simon Wright
(2025)

Comments

@the3queens 2d

I LOVE this one! Rocking, great lyrics, especially "when you're fair prey then you're fair prey" TRUTH! For a brief moment, I thought or expected a drop before 2nd verse, which I think would be cool for emphasis, with all the tension. The shot at the end, the image of them digging their own graves, with all that's going on in the world, it's quite a statement about corporate greed.

@rockstarsmd 4d

Oh, yes, we are most definitely fair prey… nice work here!

@lyricslinger 1w

This is brilliant! Thanks so much for all the work you've put into it.
Yeah, the genesis for this was seeing an instance at work where 2 guys were tasked with delivering a project to introduce a new technology, and then that technology meant their roles were redundant. Brutal! My team had been going through something a little similar recently although thankfully with a better ending

@nwhosings 1w

Bleak, but awesome.
'If you're fair prey, then you're fair prey' takes on layers of meaning as the song progresses.
The cymbals in this are such a good touch. Aggressive and that metallic crash and shimmer adds to the horror.

@davidtaro 1w

Dark humour with the emphasis on DARK. Think you’ve definitely pulled that off in the music. I love the way you sing the ‘fair prey’ line, it’s a hook before the main hook. The outro is very well, ummm, executed too. Terrifyingly so. My favourite line is ‘the handover is a velvet coup’ - very classy stuff!