FAWM: "Hiding Underground"

Hiding Underground

Liner Notes

Album Achieved!

I stumbled upon some old notebooks a couple days before fawm. So I set them aside with the goal of pulling them out one night to do a song with this month.

Tonight was that night and I found a couple of pages from 2007 that were quite vague but seemed to kind of fit together thematically. I added a few words, cut a few out and added some guitar and we have ourselves this song. It's short, it seems very melancholy, but it also feels very post-apocalyptic kind of fallout sort of feel.

Lyrics

The mercury pushes higher than it should Disregarding the dust collecting here A rotting burning smell rises As Hoppers cook on the sun beaten grill

The ground shifts under my feet You said the foundation was sound I don't like slipping when I'm holding so much Let me set a few things down Let me put this down

There's no clear line on the horizon The dirt roads contrast the dust I have the elixir To this apocalypse

But for now you can't find me I'm hiding underground Hiding Underground Hiding Underground Hiding Underground

Comments

@rvines 2d

Congratulations on the Album! There’s something compelling about the instability in the lyrics, shifting ground, no clear horizon, hiding underground. It feels disoriented in a deliberate way. The kazoo adds an unexpected layer that keeps it from feeling too heavy.

@trashmilk 2d

The somber kazoo and strumming help bring a feeling of being destitute, no matter what the story could be. I like how you decided to compose around the old lyrics. Great song!

@edwinb 3d

After the apocalypse when we're all hiding in our bunkers eated tinned whatever and dwarf bread, I'm going to make sure I have my kazoo. Wonderful lyrics set against the melancholy guitar and sad kazoo lines.

@mhol 3d

Wonderful track, can’t believe it’s been resurrected from all the way back in 07

@disarming 3d

Kazoo is an underestimated instrument. I really like this song. These lyrics are pure poetry! That strumming is perfectly dark. . This is great. my only suggestion is to tone down the volume of the kazoo. But It's tough to get it all "perfect" on a live recording...(and i'm no good at mixing so.) Forget I said anything. It still stands as a great tune!