FAWM: "Cold Enough For Ya?"

Cold Enough For Ya?

1 week ago by @carleybaer

Skirmish: Cold Enough For You? (@metalfoot)

Cold Enough For Ya?

carleybaer

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Liner Notes

#acoustic-one-take #lofi

I live in a temperate rainforest now, but I was born and raised in Wisconsin, so I get it.

Lyrics

Step outside and you start to wheeze
Inside your nose your snot starts to freeze
Is it cold enough for you?

Skin exposed for a minute or two
Will turn hot and itchy, black and blue
Is that cold enough for you?

We ask the same question every year
About this time it’s like “why do we live here”
But before we know it, it melts away
And we save the question for another day
Cold enough for you?

Your coffee freezes into a hockey puck
You lick a flagpole and your tongue gets stuck
Cold enough for you?

The world looks covered in frosty whipped cream
When people ask “how are you?” you say “living the dream”
Cold enough for you?

We ask the same question every time
This many degrees below zero should be a crime
But before we know it, spring returns
And we forget instantly because we’ll never learn
Cold enough for you?

Comments

@raspberry33 6d

LOL at the "Brrrr" opening, and it just gets better going along. Living the dream in the land of frosty whipped cream. Great vocals and strumming - energetic and a good listen. Love that rockabilly guitar!

@paulmilne 1w

That was fast! And packed in loads of clever rhymes, rhythms and strumming. Cold weather seems to bring out the creative in everybody!

@scruffyblues 1w

This is fantastic in every way! The whole vibe, the fast paced, witty lyric, the casual offhand vocal delivery, right down to the brrr intro and outro. Soooo good!!!!

@chris_buono 1w

Snappy write and just as so in song, @carleybaer ! Fab mix of talking along with that singing aspect and rockin' guitar play in this "cold" entertaining diddy!

@beacon 1w

I love everything possible about this song. I have no idea what genre this is, but I want to copy (i.e. modify it in my own way).

@bobjestes 1w

Yes! It is cold enough for me. Greetings from your old stomping grounds. Wonderful acoustic-one-take. Great energy, great humor (you gotta laugh... what else can you do?) Right now sitting in a balmy 5 degrees... minus 1 windchill. We miss you Carley. Good job!

@metalfoot 1w

So. Yeah. I understand this song.
I live it.
WINTER.
It really is cold enough for me.

@stephenwordsmith 1w

Fantastic intro - emotive interjections speak louder than words. I know that they're words, too, but bear with me.

This is brilliant, musically and lyrically. It's got so much energy and sass. The run-on-lines are an absolute treat; this is an ass-kicking narrator. You delve into a lot of specifics, which gives the song bundles of personality. 'Coffee freezes into a hockey puck' is my favourite; it gives it some tasty local flavour.

I'm impressed at the skill and speed at which you deliver some of the lines, particularly at the end. You manouevre across the syllables with great deftness, like a navigator who is the veteran of a thousand naval battles.

@frostbeat 1w

I love this song! Such great imagery like your coffee freezing into a hockey puck and the world looking covered in frosty whipped cream. The end tied it up nicely and was very relatable about how when spring comes we almost immediately forget how cold the winter was.