This weekend I formed a band and wrote a song
I'd started with the chorus riff last weekend, when I was playing guitar while watching TV and thought it would sound good through a fuzz pedal.
When the Disquiet Junto instructions arrived I set to work, writing lyrics and structuring a rough version of the song with MIDI.
Then I played along with that and gave myself three takes on each instrument.
These parts were combined and, as the song took shape, I needed less editing.
The lyrics formed around the line that I used to remember the riff, and they go:
I am ready to unlearn almost everything
board up the windows of this building
a Do Not Disturb sign hangs on the door
while I’m sleeping through all your phone calls
Life’s like a stranger all over again
the most beautiful thing is finding a friend
going around, ups and downs, no truth
feels like my life plays in a loop
Whenever it feels like I'm taking
two steps forward
I know I’ll be making
one step back
As a kid I’d always say that I’m almost done
so I’ve been training for this moment and then some
this is a time when I never complete stuff
leave the edges uncut, torn and rough
stop imagining myself sinking like a brick
let’s throw it all out and see what will stick
what if every movement was strengthening?
I want to be a building that bends with the wind
