FAWM: "Who Would’ve Thought"

Who Would’ve Thought

10 hours ago by @brisk · @mctown

Liner Notes

Thanks @mctown! - this was a really fun challenge for me. I hope this works for you, but realise that it may not! I'm not sure what I was thinking of here, I just tried to find something that worked for me musically.

What I loved most about trying to find music for these words was trying to find a way to deal with what seemed like an impossibly long chorus. I'm not sure I've done it justice - I think in musical terms it starts strong but then gets a bit lost melodically, but would be interesting to hear if it lands better for others.

#collab

Lyrics

After the lies, after the truth After love and me and you We laughed it off and cut it off Like water at the sink

Who would’ve thought of all that pain And how we fought To lose it ..to keep it.. To get away… Then we could laugh And face the fact And try to make it back To that place we were Who would’ve thought

After the sex, after the heat After cold and you and me We’d pass it off and wrap it up Like droppings of love

chorus

I think I could still matter to you someway I think I could still matter to me somehow But time said enough ..you’re done.. go ahead Find another love.. but yet… oh, yet…

chorus

Comments

@mctown 1h

Thanks to my co-writer here who makes something happen when David/I barely understand what I wrote sometimes.. Thanks to the listens as well....

@coolparadisoMod 9h

well there is a couple to listen to! good lyric as i would expect, really interesting chorus. Brisks style suits this he is always less concerned about structure and sings around things and like this make it sound really nice

@davidtaro 10h

That slow marching dum dum dum guitar gives the whole thing a suitably portentous air. The fact that you keep it slowly building right up to the catharsis of the “I think I could still matter…” section makes that bridge (?) all the more of a release. Love how your vocals really soar there too, as well as your harmonies throughout. Oooh, and I may be imagining but do you add in double time dum dum dums for the final section? Sounded awesome anyway. Final point: “Like droppings of love” is genuinely a double-take, did @mctown really just write that moment - genius turn of phrase.