FAWM: "DESTINATION"

DESTINATION

1 week ago by @conuladh

DESTINATION

conuladh

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Liner Notes

A couple of summers back, Andy Griffiths and I were watching an old steam train pass under a bridge and, disappear around a bend. I told him I wanted write song where the train taking a loved one away was not sad event, but the happy start of a journey back.
I forgot about until an hour when I running though my memories for my next FAWM offering. Having found the memory I wrote and recorded this in under 20 minutes - a personal best. It's an unrehearsed #acousticonetake with the guitar part created once I pressed the phone record button.

Lyrics

‘DESTINATION’

City to city
Moving, always moving
Country after country
Wings wheels and tracks

Long, loving letters
Photographs and postcards
Messages and video
Taking up the slack

Even outward journeys
Do not make be sad
Wherever I leave for
Is the start of my journey back

To you
Who
Have always been
My destination

Comments

@phonopath 1w

Can’t believe that guitar is improvised as it’s perfect for the song

@melaniepegge 1w

Hey Paddy, love this guitar part. Sweet song!

@celineellis 1w

Perfect guitar riff paddy, love that. The whole feel of the song has an underlying train rhythm which is perfect having read the liner notes. The phrasing of the first verse, with those repeated words in the short lines really adds to it. Really great song Paddy - one of your best if you ask me!

Also - just want to add that the image of you and Andy Griff sat watching steam trains talking about songwriting just makes me smile.

@josie_allen 1w

I like the guitar part especially if it was improv and the lyrics are really like flowy and move you onwards which works for the song.

@andygriff 1w

That's a cracking guitar riff mate - can't believe it's an off the cuff ad-lib. You've kind of done a skirmish to your own prompt here - and it works a treat. It feels immediate and I hope you keep it around 😊