what happens now ; 5may2017
Added 2021-05-01 17:46:00 +0000 UTCI'd like to share some of my music as I've recorded it in bedrooms and basements over the past several years, collated here, in this curated digital space. These files are rehearsals, early iterative pieces of songs, and live performances in intimate spaces recorded using the voice memo app on my old iPhone. They are unfiltered, single take experiences.
This first song I wrote for mandolin in 2014. It is called What Happens Now. Lyrics follow.
What Happens Now
the TV keeps me company
says sex is sick and violence is the cure
it's funny, when you put it that way
I don't really wanna watch it anymore
oh, the news on the radio says that
we'll all die, but we'll be fine
if we went to college
we might be acknowledged
tell me the truth, I'm old enough to hear it
and young enough to still think it can change
what happens now can't be put off 'til tomorrow
even when you choose to look astray
now happens anyway
how come I am so far removed
from the body I was given at my birth
I don't know about you,
but I struggle finding place upon this earth
tell me the truth, I'm old enough to hear it
and young enough to still think it can change
from up in the clouds, it seems clear that we're surrounded
I hope you float
Comments
gosh yes it's funny listening back on old music and finding prescient reminders, like a message from a past self. That line always makes me mad, and sad, and grateful for the fast-moving moments I had the sense to look right at.
Amelia Cooper
2021-05-01 22:58:39 +0000 UTCI really love the lyrics on this. I should get “ even when you choose to look astray now happens anyway” tattooed on the back of my hand.
Keith Smith
2021-05-01 18:14:47 +0000 UTC
