So... this is an odd one...

The intro guitar is an idea from 2018, so I started building around that with a chorus/change, vocal melody and lyrics. As the theme emerged, I recalled an old idea along similar lines from... some time prior to 2008-ish (before my ideas had timestamps).

When trying to merge them, the first obvious note was the 6/8 feel vs the 4/4 feel, plus a key change, so I thought perhaps they were incompatible. For science though, I transposed the older part to fit the newer part so it would only have a rhythm change, but it felt a bit 'why change rhythm if staying in key', so I then tried them both together in their original forms, and for better or worse, I decided to stick with that.

I'm not confident that it works particularly well, but after so many songs over the years, I'm trying to be less safe and generic and giving some unconventional ideas a go, while also shifting two older ideas from 'idea vault' to 'finally did something with' status.

Slow mind
Red eyed
Hold me 'til I'm myself again

So long
Too strong
Please don't leave while coming down

All I want is a rest from my mind
There's far too much going on in there
Through my despair I crossed a line
The chaos is too much to bear

Low, high
Losing time
Wave after wave of uncertainty

I'm tired of
This ride
I'm ready to remember myself again

All I need is a rest from this mess
The medicines make it all worse
Build a tolerance for better effects
So I can be free to inverse

Don't bring me down when
I'm on a high again
I don't want to fall

You're making a sound but
I cannot hear what you say
Are you here at all?

Freedom has it's advantages
But I can't feel none of them
When I'm alone with my mind

Ephemeral escaping is
The focus of all of this
Or slowly implode in my mind

Tags: week 16 2026, View by:JaiClone