FAWM: "Turn Off The Noise"

Turn Off The Noise

1 week ago by @carleybaer

Skirmish: TURN OFF ALL THE NOISE (@corinnecurcio)

Turn Off The Noise

carleybaer

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Liner Notes

#fuc #acoustic-one-take

Been feeling this idea a lot lately, thank you for the prompt @corinnecurcio!

Lyrics

Take a breath
Put down the phone
Let it rest

These burdens are
Not yours alone
Not Everest

An ever-present call into the din
A battle for attention that no one will win

Headlines bait
Keep you clicking
Outrage sells

The count is down
The clock is ticking
Here come the bells

Turn off the noise, let chaos pass you by
Lay in the grass and look up at the sky
Turn off the noise, go outside and play
This world was never built for us anyway

Comments

@alicelimoges 1w

Ahhh I love this so much!!! So gentle and sweet. I love the limited range and rhythm of the vocal melody.

@leslie333 1w

Ah, soothing which is perfect for the theme. Outrage sells for sure. Have to ignore it.

@prsongsmith 1w

Oh, I could listen to your voice all day long... "A battle for attention that no one will win" "Turn off the noise, let chaos pass you by/Lay in the grass and look up at the sky" Those last two couplets were worth the price of admission all by themselves. Brilliant work. ❤️❤️❤️

@raspberry33 1w

I am so glad there other people out there who recognize that headline bait gets you clicking and outrage sells. And how that dynamic has poisoned the political process in the US, and apparently a lot of other places. Nice meditative song, wonderfully sung and played. Let's hope more people hear this and absorb the wisdom.

@riverman 1w

Wow, this is great and so much truth in a few phrases. Needed this.

@mikegtz 1w

I want to hear the last lines of this a second time, to allow for emotional processing. Nice tune, Carley.

@mikeskliar 1w

this is really well done-- distilled and refined wisdom. simple and direct- and the music is a great fit for the lyric too.

@thedutchwidows 1w

A lovely take on the prompt - there's not enough laying in the grass looking at the sky. The vocal is superb and the ukulele (?) accompaniment is so deftly and delicately done. The result is so good. Really nice skirmishing!

@autoclamp 1w

A beautiful, gentle take... this is great. Some great lines here (the Everest one in particular) and I love the pause before the last line. Rather devastating, actually. Very well done!

@hummingbear 1w

A tune to tune out with, enjoyable! "Battle for attention," and "outrage sells" are words that stood out for me. Time to go out and play instead.

@mhorning 1w

Great take and some great lines. I really like "not Everest" and the refrain.

Outrage sells, and it seems they are trying to make up profit by selling in volume.

@porrectus 1w

Nice, theres a lot of depth in that word choice, wonderfully performed. Well done.

@hmstreetteam 1w

I like “battle for attention” as an identifying phrase. This then becomes a classic call to lay down the swords. Nice gentle harmonious way of stating it.

@ltunes 1w

Carley. I'm really enjoying your take on the skirmish. Outrage sells indeed! Lovely melody on "Turn off the noise, go outside and play." well done!

@disarming 1w

this is so sweet. I could listen to this with my eyes closed on the couch in the winter and dream of a blue sky in the summer under a maple tree. so flipping good. Love it. love it . love it.