FAWM: "Never Have to See Me Anymore"

Never Have to See Me Anymore

4 days ago by @dasbinky

Liner Notes

This is a tune that probably wouldn't have made it without FAWM. I'd started fiddling with the main theme in fall. Fun, but I didn't know where it would work, so I filed it away. A couple of days into February, I brought it out again, and still nothing sparked. One more time.. tonight, I found a lyric in my notebook that fit it, a melody clicked, and the base of the song was done maybe 20 minutes later. Probably never would have happened if I wasn't already pretty deep in a creative zone. Yay FAWM!

One of my self-challenges this year was to do a few more no-guitar songs than usual. This fits. All synths, all the time! The gratuitous synth solo was a lot of fun, and the lead synth tone tickles my ear in all the right spots. Drums are EZ Drummer's Synthwave kit, and I've gotten a TON of mileage out of that this year. Lyrically, another sad sack song, about our self-sabotaging protagonist who drives away the people he loves with distance, because really he doesn't know how to love himself. Kinda.

Don't know if I'll revisit this later, but I'm glad it's here.

#synthpop

Lyrics

V
Skinny pink lips that I love to kiss
But I don't want them fingerprinted
So many things I'd never say
But I thought were clearly hinted

PC
Words fail, yet again
I never know what to say
You turn towards the door
and I let you walk away

C
I always meant to love you
But I never found the time
I thought maybe you felt
That we were something sublime

Now I know
That you've seen this all before
And now you know
That you never have
To see me anymore

V
All my life's spent sitting here
In unspent anticipation
Wishing I'd reach out to you
But landing on dissociation

PC
Heart fails
Yet again, I never know what to do
You've gone somewhere else
And I'm only passing through

C
I always meant to love you
But I never found the time
I thought maybe you felt
That we were something sublime

Now I know
That you've seen this all before
And now you know
That you never have
To see me anymore

Comments

@handsomefalcon 1d

I love the chord structure of this. It went exactly where I not so much expected it to, so much as needed it too. Immensely satisfying.

@tfish77 3d

I love your sad songs. The synths are so cool, you absolutely nailed the vibe on this one. I like how the vocals are a little backgrounded in the presence of that big synth soundscape. And the drums - that kit is amazing! I'm over here bopping my head along to your heartbreak. "I always meant to love you/but I never found the time." Damn.