18 February 2004 (Wednesday)
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This one was inspired by my coworkers. Since I work for a courier company, most of the people who work there are former drivers, and would probably be considered "blue collar", if that means anything. I've overheard several conversations between some of them and the same thing kept coming up. They go out drinking to get loaded on a lot of nights and come in hungover, for no other reason than they can. They don't really have any sorrows to drown or anything like that. They just get loaded because they're bored... every night. One guy was removed from work, because the management insisted he go to treatment or he wouldn't be allowed to work there. He refused. He was fired.
This song is basically about recreational alcoholics, or at least that's how it started out.
This song ended up feeling a bit to Oasis for my tastes, but see what you think.
Spilled on grass by the cold moonlight
Empty street full of broken fights
Men too drunk to demand their rights
Must find a way back home
The time we shared is all we knew
Our little friendship, how it grew
I had one and you had two
Because you hate to drink alone
Surrender
To the pleasure
Don’t know whether
It gonna pass
Come the morning
I’ll be storming
Stake my warning
It’ll be the last
Forget my sorrows, I never knew
week night with nothin to do
Where was I going to
It must be better there
Cast my life in a tragic light
Numb the dull and painful plight
One more round and it’ll then be right
to float away somewhere
One more round and then it’s two
I know me but who are you
Where was I going to
It must be better there
Comments: 4
i like this one a lot. "I had one and you had two..." been there. my only complaint is the melody. it works, but it reminds me a bit of that annoying Everclear song (the one about his father leaving him... oh, wait that ALL of them!). but the chord progression is smooth. Not too Oasis.
burr [11:26PM CST 18-Feb-2004]
Now that you mention it, I do see the Everclear connection, especially in the verse. The only fully formed melody I had was the chorus. The other was off the cuff.(I knew it reminded me of something)
I think this one will go on the "to do for March" pile.
Eric [12:25AM CST 19-Feb-2004]
I think the verses are the strong point of this song ... I would spend time devloping a stronger chorus...but I dunno...it's real nice...it all depends on if you're trying to write a radio friendly pop hit I guess...
I happen to love Everclear so I don't see a problem with the melody :) It's not Oasis to me.
hopper [12:31AM CST 19-Feb-2004]
y'know, i just gotta say... as i'm sitting here programming on my pairwise hidden Markov model (PHMM) for protein sequence alignment, this song is stuck in my head. i'm not listening to it, it's just stick in my head. this may be a good sign.
burr [05:26PM CST 19-Feb-2004]