FAWM: "I Want It Now"

I Want It Now

1 week ago by @carleybaer

Skirmish: Convenience (@unpronounceable)

I Want It Now

carleybaer

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Liner Notes

#fuc #acoustic-one-take

I wasn't going to do this skirmish because I already have a song about convenience from earlier in the month. Then 10 minutes before the end I decided, why not, and included a callback to the other song. So here it is, so rough that I didn't even listen back to it before I bounced it. Enjoy!

Lyrics

I want it now
Don’t wanna wait
I’ve got a need
I need to satiate
I want it now
Warehouse depart
It’s on the way
Before I even click ‘add to cart’

Cultivated impatience
Touching everything far and wide
Throwing shovelfulls of stuff
Into the yawning hole inside

I want it now
Don’t look askance
I need groceries
And I don’t want to have to put on pants
I want it now
So please be lenient
I only want it
Because it’s so dang convenient

Cultivated consumption
What the market will bear
Keep filling the hole
But there just keeps being more hole in there

Comments

@robinleaf 5d

This is brilliant! It's so true and I am definitely susceptible myself. Great lyrics, and I really love the way that you've and the vocal melody play together. My favorite lines:
"Throwing shovelfulls of stuff
Into the yawning hole inside"

@fearlessflight2014 1w

Wow, this is a skirmish‽ Such an unusual progression and lyrics that feel so tight. This is beautiful thing. “Cultivated impatience” captures this modern disease perfectly. Bravo!!

@marthie 1w

Great punchline: dig the hole deeper.

@chrisgray 1w

Really like how the short lines launch us immediately into the world of instant gratification. And for me, the "yawning hole inside" is just a great description of the terrible void we're all trying so desperately to fill, by shopping or whatever.

@p3t3h4rv3y 1w

We like the word 'askance', 'convenience' was a tough prompt but this is great. Add to cart.

@heather 1w

Overconsumption in a nutshell. Great skirmish. The line about putting on pants made me laugh, too. "I only want it because it's so dang convenient" strikes me as a great tag line for a lot of things (ahem tinder...)

@prsongsmith 1w

"don't look askance"/"...put on pants" is my favorite rhyme of the week! You have such a way with an infectious melody -- love the match between words and music. Well done!

@ohljazz 1w

Love this - especially that "lenient / convenient" rhyme!

@richardmasters 1w

I need groceries
And I don’t want to have to put on pants

People should wear t-shirts with that emblazoned - me included. Oh what are we allowing ourselves into - your chorus about the yawning hole nails it :)

@wcentennial 1w

Way to make us all feel guilty.. lol crazy this is where we are at. Everything at our fingertips, some good about that and some bad. I love your approach to the prompt, plain convenience of our time. Nice job

The no pants grocery shopping made me laugh out loud 🤣