Falling Away

June 6, 2009 10:57 PM

Roll over "Walk Away Renee"!

I've never arranged a song with strings before, so I kind of went all in. Well, "strings". The hypothetical album version will hypothetically have the real thing. That pesky recorder makes a cameo appearance as well.

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If you wait for me to make up my mind
If you wait while the creaking millstones grind so fine
Somewhere inside this thicket of nested parentheses
There's a regular expression that matches my disease

Falling away
Embrace all possibilities
The door is ajar
And the light streams from inside

I live each day as though it were my last
In a hospital bed with the chart sinking fast
As my vital signs head for the floor
I've got twenty-four hours to learn to love you more

Falling away
Accept all infelicities
Come as you are
No one shall be denied

When the deal goes down
When the reaper comes to town
I'll ride to Samarra the whole night through
We both know it's the proper thing to do

In the city of truth in the country of lies
Each half wants to live the way the other half dies
Where there used to be a high impassible wall
There's a chalk line on the pavement, and a sign says "free for all"

Falling away
Embrace all possibilities
The door is ajar
And the light streams from inside

Falling away
Accept all infelicities
Come as you are
No one shall be denied


posted by doubtfulpalace (2 comments total) 1 user marked this as a favorite

Man, I'm kinda bummed because I'm listening through crappy speakers today.

Your arrangement sounds GREAT, and I'm really digging your voice. Gonna have to go back and listen to some of your other songs that I've missed.
posted by snsranch at 5:27 PM on June 9, 2009


Thanks, snsranch. I appreciate the voice compliment particularly, as it's not usually what I hear!
posted by doubtfulpalace at 6:23 PM on June 10, 2009


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