Kyeli and I have been so wrapped up in World-Changing Writing Workshop preparations lately, all our down time has consisted of us collapsing exhausted onto the couch.
Yesterday, we decided to do something creative instead.
We wrote a song.
(Did you know that Kyeli and I have a band? It’s called Sweeter Than Lazers, and it’s just one guy just the two of us.)
We’ve been working on this song for a while; yesterday we laid down the final vocal track and mastered it all together. It’s called The Second Sunrise. It’s only two minutes long, because we’d said all we wanted to say and didn’t want to lengthen it just for the sake of having a standard-length song.
Listen to The Second Sunrise by Sweeter Than Lazers (MP3, 1:52)
Pace: lyrics, composition, arrangement
Kyeli: lyrics, vocals
Thanks to Matt Blair for a helpful suggestion on mixing.
Software used: Renoise, Audacity, The Levelator
Lyrics:
good morning
so sorry moving to the sun
still hiding
so sorry got to run
so crazy
so sorry moving to the sun
so angry
so sad that we are doneto be true
anew
what of our eyes unseeingstew in the queue
a clue:
seeking the sun
inside of yougood evening
still sorry moving to the sun
no dealing
so sorry got to run
rebuilding
so sorry moving to the sun
things changing
and maybe we are one
We like it a lot, and we hope you do too. (:
I feel so much better than if we had sat around and consumed visual media. It took some effort (and a little caffeine) to get over the initial resistance to doing something creative, but I’m ridiculously glad I did.
I’m happy I chose nourishing time over down time.
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I love it! It’s been stuck in my head ever since I heard it yesterday, but it’s the good kind of stuck because it makes me smile so much.
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Well that was frickin’ awesome! It’s stuck in my head too.
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Lovelovelove!
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I like it a lot. When can we hear another?
Wow! Is there no end to your talents?! A wonderful start to my day! Kyeli, you have a beautiful voice :-) Awesome!!
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1:52 is an ok length for a song. The ramones, while of a different genre, never really had a song longer than 2 or 2 and a half minutes. So don’t feel bad for being brief, embrace your punk roots!
PS The song is nifty. When I heard it the other day when you were at our house, I was in the other room with kids and I thought the song said “So sorry, ruined your massage” instead of “So sorry, moving to the sun”
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE! :) :)
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You guys totally kick ass! It is so fun that you shared that song. What i really appreciate about your post is this:
“I feel so much better than if we had sat around and consumed visual media. It took some effort (and a little caffeine) to get over the initial resistance to doing something creative, but I’m ridiculously glad I did.
I’m happy I chose nourishing time over down time.”
I have been choosing down time a lot because I am working on a big project…but I think i might benefit more from nourishing time…I am going to play with this idea a bit.
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Kyeli – beautiful singing! My favorite part is the flat you sing towards the end of each verse.
->”and maybe [we] are one”
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