FAWM: "Zongs, Stop It"

Zongs, Stop It

There is no demo for this song.

Liner Notes

These days it's all about social media and I feel it, every fawm event there will always be a time where activity dwindles and I feel ignored. In those times I look for more ignored people and almost always comment on every song I listen to because I don't want them to feel like it isn't worth their time to record more songs, well I mean that is just me assuming they wouldn't do fawm by themselves anyway, which is completely fair to do. But you know maybe I overanalyze and try to find patterns, do people who support fawm get more comments, do they just have followers who always comment, do skirmishes get more comments than anything else (yes they do). Then I find myself becoming hopelessly pedantic and always end up turning that frustration into skirmishes, especially last 5090, am I really saying anything meaningful to anyone anymore? Have I written more liner note than lyrics and are people even going to read my liner notes? Will people take this song and do something about all the songs that have slipped through the cracks? Well maybe if you've come so far you can leave this song as a Zong as I think I have other songs I spent more time on that you will enjoy more. Or don't, I'm not the police I can't see what you are doing and condemn you for it, nor should you be, there's no right way to participate in fawm and there shouldn't be, and I shouldn't keep coming back to this topic.

Lyrics

Zongs, stop it, break the heart and you've got it
First they start and you heard it, time to stop
Yeah you get it, what's the point if you let it
Go, let it go, let it stop their motivation
Sometimes I think foolishly, that they will come back for me
When my house burns in this here storm
I won't get what I came here for

Zongs, stop it, tell them that you love it, only if you mean it
But don't think someone else will come and do it
Cause baby let me tell you that they won't listen to it
Baby everybody always will fall through the cracks
But no one will come to rescue not even those who have your back
It's been a week and they will still be waiting
It'll be a month and they will be done waiting, last time I didn't even make it

I found myself listening to instrumentals
It's like people don't even care about the fundamentals
No if there's a song of mine that deserves to be a zong
It'll be the one with a million comments
It'll be the one that I never record

Comments

@knobbyneggins815 5d

Love these words, they're relatable and painful! But keep in mind that we're all in the same boat, and as you said, this time of FAWM has most of us hunkered down and making music. March is different! I wish I had time for listening but there's too much to do lol. Thank you for these heavy words.

@tjeff 1w

Can I ever relate to this lyric! I totally fall into this trap, despite my knowing that it is exactly that. Such a human! But I do believe that we as a species are extremely threatened by the negative aspects of social media. And as your lyric relates to FAWM and more specifically zongs, I think it is important for me (I need to do it more often) to take the time to listen to more zongs or other songs that have few comments just to be courteous. Thanks for the reminder.

@mchery 1w

What I like about this song is that it's message extends to any thing we post online.

@mandolinda 1w

I hear you too. Fast and quick, Skirmishes are, but replying to each person who contributes takes hours of time. There's the rub.

@andygriff 1w

I can understand this - not least because I can do a throwaway skirmish and get far more comments than something standalone I spend serious time on. But this is disarmingly heartfelt and it comes across very well. Nice write with an important message, I'd say 😊

@harperjen 1w

Yeah, I find myself hitting the refresh button multiple times a day to check the comments on my songs. It's a dopamine trap for sure. Only reason I have comments is that I have friends on here who have me on their watchlist (and they're on mine. . .I can't keep up with them all but I'm trying to at least comment on one thing for each person I follow, this month). Writing is always worthwhile, though, even if no one sees it. It's all practice, it's all honing the craft, even if it feels more valid when others affirm us.

@atornberg 1w

This is very heartfelt and profound to those of us with a zong or two. I had one from yesterday. Hoping for a breakthrough today, but maybe not. Mostly I participate in skirmishes, so I tend to get more comments that way, and I also listen and comment to every single song in the skirmish that day. I try to also check back to comment on latecomers' songs. I appreciate what you are saying here and thanks for commenting on the zongs of your peers!