Metamorphosis Group 8

by @beto Mod · @nancyrost Mod · @lindsaymachine

Metamorphosis Group 8
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Liner Notes

This song was from group 8 of the #MetamorphosisChallenge (or #DrunkKaraoke challenge) that I invented last year for 5090. This is how it worked:

1. @nancyrost and @lindsaymachine chose a famous song (The Middle, by Zedd, Maren Morris, Grey)
2. @nancyrote rewrote the chords of the song, and sent it to me
3. @lindsaymachine wrote a new lyric for the song, and sent it to me
4. I combined them both, not knowing the original song

Lyrics

[verse]
Here I am over here on the stairs
Can’t decide if I should stay
There’s nothing left for me of us
Head falling to my hands, I meant so well

[pre-chorus]
Suddenly I’m pulled into you
And I can’t let you go

[chorus]
Can you hear me i’m asking
Will you please turn around
Just a few steps back
To the middle

Can you hear me I’m asking
Will you please turn around
Just a few steps back
To the middle

[verse]
Let’s talk it out, what just happened
Dishes crashing, words gnashing
I don’t care who is to blame
But somehow I know we meant well

[chorus]
Can you hear me I’m asking
Will you please turn around
Just a few steps back
To the middle

[bridge]
Face to face, tears streaming
Your voice is still my home
I’m not begging but I’ll listen
Touch my hand and lift me up

[pre-chorus]
Suddenly I’m pulled into you
And I can’t let you go

[chorus]
Can you hear me I’m asking
Will you please turn around
Just a few steps back
To the middle

Can you hear me I’m asking
Will you please turn around
Just a few steps back
To the middle

Comments

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What a great idea pregnant with possibilities and potential silliness! I love how (Nancy's?) piano outlines the melody, like a prompter from the wings, while the singer is sometimes with it, sometimes doing their own thing. This was a barrel of fun!
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Ha! Heard "The Middle" after a few seconds, but then again it's one of my favorite pieces ever, and I just listened to it at the beginning of FAWM as a reference point for a sound I'd like to emulate. :)

These lyrics are quite excellent in their own right (rite?)! You ditched the original melody in the Chorus, right? Either that or the re-harmonization is throwing me off so much from the original I can't tell! :)

What a fun experimental process!
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I'd forgotten about this. I think the harmony makes it pretty unrecognizable but I've preserved the melody. There are hints in the lyrics. Let me know whether you want spoilers or not. :-)
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Be interesting to know the initial song! I like the melody and it’s all added by the percussion and your really casual vocal delivery really makes it work well!
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