Believe Me
by @mikegtz
Liner Notes
Mike: My collab partner has left FAWM which is too bad but as noted, I appreciate his work with my lyrics and he has given me a song with a Spanish chorus to sing, which I have always wanted. This is also a response to the last day of the Fearless Songwriter prompts, a week or so later.
The great @mikegtz and I were paired up on the Random Collaboration thread... and the lyrics Mike were so good that by reading them, the melody came up instantly, so it was really a breeze!!
Some chords and singing and recording more, and we have this mostly acoustic track. I really really like it! I think Mike's singer-songwriting abilities are the underpinning of it all, because I have never in my life made a song that you can actually go about with a guitar and sing.
I tried to record it all fancy, multitrack and all... and did. BUT to no avail, it ended up sounding very odd. So, got the mic some distance away, recorded it (the pause is where I had to scroll to read the rest of the lyrics 馃榿 ), put a tad of reverb and compression, and there you have it!
Lyrics
[83bpm, D major]
Believe me when I say my heart is ...weak: the arteries that Pump my blood are ...thinning The body organs now are growing old My path to slowing down is now beginning
Mi coraz贸n te quiere hablar a t铆 te quiere hablar a t铆 Mi coraz贸n te quiere hablar a t铆 te quiere hablar a t铆
Believe me that I want to live the truth Accept the changes life will bring to me I wait and wonder what will happen next Will it be unrest or be tranquility?
Mi coraz贸n te quiere hablar a t铆 te quiere hablar a t铆 Mi coraz贸n te quiere hablar a t铆 te quiere hablar a t铆
Believe me when I say I don鈥檛 have time To explore what I would like to learn about To walk to the horizon, turn around And look at life from the inside out
Mi coraz贸n te quiere hablar a t铆 te quiere hablar a ti 驴Tu corazon d贸nde est谩, para m铆? 驴D贸nde est谩, para m铆?
(Believe Me) (Believe)
Comments
Don't tell anyone it sounds weird and it's an artistic choice! I think it sounds really good and the bright guitar sound just sets your voice up!
very pretty music and lyrics, i love the chord changes especially in the verses
Oh, this is excellent. I feel the lyric, but the voice and the guitar are so absolutely wonderful. Somewhere between singer songwriter and Radiohead. Lovely
Thank you, Chris. As my collab person has left FAWM, I can't list him but he did some nice work here.
Great song. The lyrics tell a relatable story. I think the simple guitar and voice work really well . I can鈥檛 imagine it being more produced.