Common Days

These are my feelings on recently coming out as non-binary.

Also this is my first time using Ableton Live instead of GarageBand

Lyrics

When you look at the world through a mirror

Do you look the same

You're too big, you're too square, you're too manly

It drives me insane

I've been finding

A new word, a new phrase, to describe who I am

I am something

Not a sir, not a ma'am, but the middle

When you show a new you to the world

Are you still the same

Some new clothes different hair and new pronouns

With the same old name

I've been trying

To escape leave behind these old roles I've been given

I've been trying

To escape somewhere safe in the middle

I was inspired by a conversation with Reed in the game Goodbye Volcano High, about what the point of everything is if the world is gonna end. Why do we still care when we know life is temporary, a flash in a pan? Well, I don't know, but I have a song.

Sheet music: https://robinsyl.dev/sheets/originals/We%20Are%20Here/

Lyrics

And so what if it's all just a dream

We still did the best we could

And so what if it's all temporary

We still lived the life we lived

And so what and so what and so what and so what if it's a dream we still had fun

And so what if it all ends right now

We still had the best of times

And so what if it all has no meaning

We were there and we had us

And so what and so what and so what and so what if it ends now we are right here

And so what if we don't leave a mark

We still live the here and now

And so what if no one knows our faces

We still have us in our hearts

And so what and so what and so what and so what if it ends now we are right here

A cover of Fang's song 12 o'clock from the game Goodbye Volcano High

https://dabuaudio.bandcamp.com/track/12-oclock-ft-lachlan-watson

Some call and response

The original version of the main melody

This is a song from early transition. I wasn't very sure of myself, and I felt very insecure confronting my gender. Written 2018, only completed in 2023.

- Lyrics -

[Verse]

Another day, another morning

The same old hat and same old coat

Deep down, I still get the feeling

I’m missing something I can’t find

By the sink, up at the mirror

I see a shadow of myself

From my face, down to my body

There's something wrong I can't define

[Pre-chorus]

Is the real me the me people see

Or the one that wants so desperate to be free

[Chorus]

Do you look into the mirror

and you see someone you never want to be

Do you hear yourself cry

'cause the world around you misidentifies

In the looking glass

Am I looking at myself or just an image of myself inside the

glass

And I wonder

Are you ready to make the leap into the great unknown wonderland

[Bridge]

I'm not ready

but it's too late

I'm already here

in this brand new fate

I'm not ready

but it's too late

I'm already here

in this strange new fate

All the hate and fears

All the worried tears

What if someone knows

What if someone hears

Everywhere I go

Everyone I know

Should I be myself

Should I let them know

[Pre-chorus]

It's a long way home

[Chorus 2]

Do you look into the mirror

and you see the one you've always wanted to be

Do you hear yourself cry

'cause the world around you finally realised

In the looking glass

I can see my former self admire the image of myself inside the

glass

What a wonder

I'm awake and all I wanted is right here in reality

Yes it's about Blåhaj in case you're wondering

- Lyrics -

It's a cozy night and I'm snuggling my thoughts away

Twas a stressful day and I need a way to drift away

Suddenly, I'm struggling to keep my fears at bay

After all, you cannot talk, you're just a children's toy

You've got blue skin body of polymer and sewn on eyes

Brings me back to the innocence of simpler times

Hold you softly in my arms, you’re never judging me

You're my only company, I'm desperately alone

[ instrumental ]

Hold you softly in my arms, you’re never judging me

You're my only company, I can’t do it alone

All together now!

I took Kip's lyrics from the webcomic Duncan and Eddie and put them into song, adding my own to fill the blanks.

Recorded in Audacity for authenticity

- Lyrics -

Quiet with you is warmer than a bonfire

Monochrome fur made my heart rate run high[1]

I am blushing now

Your calm presence is what I prefer

I can't stop thinking bout your black and white fur[2]

and your ponytail

Every day I look at you in awe

I’m to shy to tell you how I feel

Cause truth be told

I'm in love with you[3]

[1] https://doginacafe.tumblr.com/post/721954032827105281

[2] https://www.patreon.com/posts/love-songs-bonus-72852428

[3] https://doginacafe.tumblr.com/post/729496196572479488

I was quite lonely and depressed, but then this melody came into my head and I felt calmer.

Same melody as Blue, but piano only.

Sheet music: https://robinsyl.dev/sheets/originals/Snow/