(You Refuse To) Be My Muse
by @paintonit
Liner Notes
Do you know any artists who come out of the gate with something brilliant, but the second the world calls them brilliant, they lose the thread? I think it’s a blessing to write in obscurity.
This song is sort of about that, but it’s mostly about someone who doesn’t give a hoot about being “immortalized” in art, and how cool and liberating that is.
Forgive my French.
Lyrics
What good’s a carousel that’s still? A rusted mournful Ferris wheel An empty mansion on a hill If I could make you move I will
You refuse To be my muse And that’s what I love about you You are free As the sea And you won’t stay a statue
Propellers of a plane in motion All of the salt that’s in the ocean And just a touch of sun tan lotion Could never match your magic potion
You refuse To be my muse And that’s what I love about you You are free As the sea And you won’t stay a statue
Je ne veux pas d’un bon vivant It’s not the finer things I need Je ne veux pas d’un bon vivant No more caviar Please
You refuse To be my muse And that’s what I love about you You are free Free As the sea See And you won’t stay a statue
Comments
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I think probably the pressure of needing to be brilliant ruins the creative process. Anyway, really nice picking on this. I love the interplay of the guitars in stereo. It's quite lovely.
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I agree with you on writing in obscurity, there is a kind of under-appreciated freedom that gives artists. I love this idea of someone refusing to be a muse and inspiring a song anyway. The guitar sounds great too!
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We’re doing it the right way, racking up a million songs now, so when we DO get famous and run out of ideas, we can just re-record these endlessly lol.
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The little whirls in the accompaniment are so delightful, as are the parts where the accompaniment follows the vocal exactly! I like the doubled vocals that pop in and out. The pressure of constant high level high quality output would be quite damaging to the art, I agree! I feel like I see so much greater poesy and interesting chordal turns here on FAWM and the like compared to anything Big Algorithm serves up