Let's Start From Scratch
Skirmish: Bridge(s) or Bridging (@kahlo2013)Liner Notes
#skirmish #blues #one-mic #fingerstyle #acoustic
Music and lyrics completed within the hour. Then it took another hour to get my DAW to cooperate, hence the late post.
I had the musical bit lying around from a voice memo made last night – seems like cheating for a skirmish, but I couldn't get it out of my head as I started on the lyrics, so...
I would probably rewrite the bridge if I came back to this later, but a bridge was required! So...
Lyrics
You want to meet in the middle of a bridge on fire And talk things over as the flames grow higher Talk thing overs, let’s start from scratch Who brought the bucket and who brought the match?
You want to meet in the middle of no man’s land Without any weapons, try and understand understand, let’s start from scratch Who took a file to the safety catch?
What a pity that your hands are tied Now you can’t even say at least you tried
You want to meet in the rubble of the present time Put our clues together and solve this crime Solve this crime, let’s start from scratch Who left the prints that make a perfect match
Comments
The guitar part is FIRE! The bridge is great, no need to replace. I love everything about this!
Ah so good. Love it. Particularly love every word of V1 but the guitar and vocal etc, all wonderful!
Holy smokes this is hot! Those guitar licks are fan-freaking-tastic. You got all that down in an hour? I can't even imagine having that kind of skill. It seems superhuman. Not just the playing, but creating something so cool.
Awesome vocal. Lots of feeling and you don't try to do too much with it. The delivery was perfectly in the pocket. That opening line is so cool, and you fully deliver on it with the rest of the stanza.
Seriously, this is pro caliber stuff. When I feel pretty good about what I'm creating, it's good to get a reminder that there's a whole level above anything I can dream of doing m. Probably several of them! 😄
Cool, this really Scratches an itch. This Grooves and your guitar has a brighter tone than usual. Great vocals, playing and lyrics. This is a Burner for sure!
Love the guitar part in this. The rhythm of the lyrics is really solid too. The second line in the bridge probably needs another pass to bring it up to the quality of the rest of the song.
Agreed! (regarding the bridge/lyrics)
Great song, great lyrics, great bluesy tune, love the vocal and playing.
You struck gold here, blisteringly good lyrics. Fab skirmish!
I mean, how can there be a better lyric than "You want to meet in the middle of a bridge on fire And talk things over as the flames grow higher"? What a way to start a song. Fantastic lyrics start to finish...All that in a skirmish no less. Damn, that's a friggin good song.
That opening image is kiiller. I love the song form here (I've taken inspiration from your song forms in the past). Each verse does such a good job of giving us a simple framing of an unreasonable circumstance and (poetically) placing the blame. And the bridge (!) is beautifully snarky. (and I take your amazing guitar playing for granted, so I hardly comment on it . . . but it's fantiastic.)