FAWM: "Everyone Has a First Heartbreak"

Everyone Has a First Heartbreak

18 hours ago by @wynia · @briansmith · @dmelbygibbons · @bearwith · @jmpoet

Everyone Has a First Heartbreak

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Liner Notes

Sadly, heartbreak is a place most of us on this earth have had the misfortune of experiencing. If you want to relive those feelings or belt them out in a giant catharsis, have we got a song for you here! We offer a piano-driven lament that morphs into an anthem, hope you're belting it along by the end too!

Credits:
@jmpoet for the lyrics
The band @bearwith with the music -
@wynia for pounding out the first draft of the song on #piano, then adding #vocals, and #flugelhorn
Credit to @briansmith and @dmelbygibbons for fleshing out the chorus, with @briansmith on #cello, bass, acoustic guitar, and audio engineering, and @dmelbygibbons on vocals

Moar hashtags so you can find us: #trumpet (even though it's actually a flugelhorn) #acoustic #cello #harmonies #girlwithpiano #guywithguitar #guitar #singersongwriter #duet #indierock #strings

Lyrics

Everyone Has a First Heartbreak
Lyrics by Julie Arthur
Music by Sarah Wynia Smith, Brian Smith, and David Melby-Gibbons of @bearwith

Verse 1
C/G E E7
I remember your hand in mine
C/G E
You made me feel such longing
C/G E E7
I tore myself in two for you
C/G E
Disregarded my own wanting

Pre-chorus
Dm F/C
Lying on the floor
Dm Bb F/C
You tried to pick up your own pieces
Dm F/C
Laid myself bare
Dmaj F/C
Redemption was my thesis

Chorus
C E7
And it’s an ache now that I feel, I
Am F
feel it still today
C E7
The way it never, never would
Am F
never should have been
C E7
You didn’t look back as you walked
Am Fm
As you walked away
Am Bb F
Everyone has a first heartbreak

Verse 2
C/G E E7
Desperate tries to convince you
C/G E
We belonged together at last
C/G E E7
Youthful hearts beat naïve
C/G E
So loud, so strong and fast

Comments

@plushbaby 3h

Love the build on this song, the way it develops throughout seems very natural. I think the horn part on the chorus is an absolutely wonderful touch.
Really like the theme of the song and the hookline/title is really nice, lines that really evoke the rawness of the first heartbreak - lovely!

@gregscheer 5h

That's such a sweet song! The title itself is worth the price of admission, but then you follow it up with a great tune and lyrics. What I especially like is that you've managed to create a mood that is matter-of-fact–even thankful–rather than bitter.

@avdyk 6h

Beautiful lyrics, love the melody and the sad feelings but with also some hope. Great voices and cool arrangements! Congrats!

@n1742 7h

I love the harmonic strength of the song - C and E major great combination and then such a lovely Flugelhorn sound - so full and rounded compared with a trumpet. gorgeous.

@nancyrostMod 7h

Everyone does, but this collaboration keeps it fresh. The chords never go where I expect them to, and the phrasing is so intelligent!

@hbusse 7h

Oo, that is a really cool verse chord progression, very dreamlike. I love the strong duet harmonies in the verse. So effective how it kicks into a more rhythmic, grounded, driving feel in the chorus as the lyric comes more into the present. Lots to applaud here! Well done all.