For this month’s submission, I got by with a little help from my friend….
Collaboration #2: bat_matt strikes again!
Matt provided all the guitar parts and some lovely background vocals for this one.
I love collaborating because I initially had a very different idea for where I wanted to take this song, but when Matt sent me back these layers of really beautiful guitar parts I was surprised but thrilled. I also had hoped to build the song up a lot more with keys and drums but I got sick with a nasty cold so that didn’t happen. Ah well… I think we made it work without them.
Thank you so much for listening! Keep up the good work, everyone!
› lyrics‹ lyricsLast night I dreamed
It was 200 degrees
So hot you could barely breathe
And everyone said
It wouldn't be bad
except for the humidity
We keep on setting fires
The smoke is rising higher
We keep on setting fires
But who's gonna put them out
I had a dream
There was a hurricane
Drenching us with poison rain
And everyone said
Aw that's just too bad
Anyway, did you catch the game?
We keep on setting fires
The smoke is rising higher
We keep on setting fires
But who's gonna put them out
I felt a rumbling
Under my feet
And the ground split like a skin
And no one ran
It was part of the plan
They all lined up to fall in
We keep on setting fires
The smoke is rising higher
We keep on setting fires
But who's gonna put them out
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