02 February 2004 (Monday)
mhopper
[04:36PM CST]
Song #3: Skipping Winter
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This song is called Skipping Winter because it's about me being in Santa Monica and my friends and family being up Alaska were it's really cold! Santa Monica is nice and sunny every day. It's amazing. I think it's rained once in the month since I've been here...and even that was at night and only for a short time.
This song is sort of a meandering one...lazy and melancholy. The only part I'm not too sure about is the "Ok, I miss you part"...it's pretty sloppy...and I sort of thought maybe I could do an Eddie Vedder thing there but you know, some things are best left to Eddie Vedder. Ha!
I need job! All I do is check my e-mail, eat, and play guitar all day.
Skipping Winter
Lyrics/Music by Matt Hopper
I like getting up early
To put the coffee on
I like skipping winter
In the California sun
My friends are writing baby don’t step down now just to get a job
You know we really miss you but you gotta keep pressing on
Cause it’s a long way back home
I like staying up late
Singing my songs to no one
With my eyes shut she haunts me
She cuts like broken glass
I know it’s just a phase but my heart’s about to split in half
A part of me is with her and a part of me ain’t looking back
Cause it’s a long way back home
But I miss you ok, I’ll admit I could have stayed
But I miss you ok, I think about you every day
But I miss you ok, but you’re a beating drum far away
Click here to download an MP3 demo of this song
This song is called Skipping Winter because it's about me being in Santa Monica and my friends and family being up Alaska were it's really cold! Santa Monica is nice and sunny every day. It's amazing. I think it's rained once in the month since I've been here...and even that was at night and only for a short time.
This song is sort of a meandering one...lazy and melancholy. The only part I'm not too sure about is the "Ok, I miss you part"...it's pretty sloppy...and I sort of thought maybe I could do an Eddie Vedder thing there but you know, some things are best left to Eddie Vedder. Ha!
I need job! All I do is check my e-mail, eat, and play guitar all day.
Skipping Winter
Lyrics/Music by Matt Hopper
I like getting up early
To put the coffee on
I like skipping winter
In the California sun
My friends are writing baby don’t step down now just to get a job
You know we really miss you but you gotta keep pressing on
Cause it’s a long way back home
I like staying up late
Singing my songs to no one
With my eyes shut she haunts me
She cuts like broken glass
I know it’s just a phase but my heart’s about to split in half
A part of me is with her and a part of me ain’t looking back
Cause it’s a long way back home
But I miss you ok, I’ll admit I could have stayed
But I miss you ok, I think about you every day
But I miss you ok, but you’re a beating drum far away
Comments: 3
oh i love the slide... oh so much.
becky [11:11PM CST 02-Feb-2004]
this is probably among the more mature of the songs you've posted so far, i think. agreed, the slide is a nice touch.
one thing, though: whether you intended it or not, you set "winter" up as a metaphor for this chick whom you "miss OK" (you're skipping out on them both, right?) dunno how you feel about that.
burr [10:31AM CST 04-Feb-2004]
I used to have a girlfriend named Summer...serious.
hopper [01:20PM CST 04-Feb-2004]