FAWM: "Lick the Screen"

Lick the Screen

3 days ago by @honeyfeathers

Lick the Screen

honeyfeathers

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Liner Notes

Well this one started off as an expository about dopamine addiction and turned into a whole mess of lyrics. I actually kind of like it. It was a real catharsis to do this one. I think it has some potential to be developed further, which is cool. I like that about FAWM in that it gets me drawing inspiration from subject matter and emotional sources other than my usual tragicoromantic snoozerfests. Anyway, bonus points for anyone who can call me out for the famous Chico Buarque song I stole from to make these lyrics.

#acousticonetake

Lyrics

Listen as the morning siren cries a mouth of hungry poison in your dreams

half before the moon is settled cards are marked and stars belittled we must appease

the crooked light of rocket halos black refracting sad tornadoes your eyeballs squeeze

in the hours left of beauty churn yourself in sacred duty release your disease release your disease

such a wonderful feeling for a moment I believe floating up towards the ceiling in this room I never leave in all the secrets I am telling to the shadows that remain as the morning sun is swelling through the curtains of my brain

watching as the midday flashes wide a mouth of windy ashes we are seen

minds behind the endless lazers soulless unrepentant dangers they hide between

who might laugh and who might love you reckless faces strung and sung to can feel so mean

empty clumsy shaking fingers reach to light the answer bringer just one more thing just one more thing

such a wonderful feeling for that moment I believe floating up towards the ceiling in this room I never leave in the mysteries I am selling to this imaginary friend as my sleepless desperation smiles back at me again

touching as the daylight passes a hairless mouth of slow molasses the line between

waking up in drug hung tremors overdosed without your dinner and the moon serene

impulsive in a bedsheet salad back and forth your thoughts invalid so old and unclean

ever n ow still there it’s calling one more taste is so appalling you lick the screen you lick the screen

such a wonderful feeling for a moment I believe floating up toward the ceiling of this room I never leave

in the chasms cut clandestine from the truth within my mind my gaping heart divested of the pulse behind my time

Comments

@kevo 3d

Your voice is awesome, and to sing to these changes is really impressive! Very intriguing song all around, the lyrics are really interesting. I particularly like that line “floating up toward the ceiling of this room I never leave”, and the title is so great for this digital world we all live in. Great work!

@lcad 3d

Brilliant writing, the lyrics are just pumping out imagery and that melody and progression is full of surprises. Love the sound of your 12 string (?) and your floaty vocals. Gives me Donavan flashbacks. Great stuff

@honeyfeathers 3d

Hey man thanks! the guitar is a 10 string guitar from Brazil called a viola caipira. I am currently living in central Brazil to study it! This song is not exactly a traditional piece though...