"Noah" : FAWM

Noah

1 week ago by @philkmills

Noah

philkmills

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Liner Notes

#beat-poetry #noise #rock

I had two other things I was working on, but then I read about a Krakatau volcanic eruption and it sent me in a different direction...possibly over an edge.

Lyrics

Smoke fills up the Southern sky Birds fall dead, planes can’t fly Islanders are out of luck

Noah drives a firetruck

Drought on farms with harvest pain Flooded by sporadic rain Valley dwellers, out of luck

Noah drives a firetruck

Burning sky asks fatal price Melting cliffs of ancient ice Coastal cities, out of luck

Noah drives a firetruck

Swelter, swelter, swelter, freeze Tropics send a rare disease All of us are out of luck

Noah drives a firetruck

Leaders in their A/C room Saving shares while loosing doom Ostrich-stupid, blaming “luck”

Noah drives a firetruck

Comments

@davidr 4d

I like how the music just keeps slow rocking on as the narrator calmly relates each catastrophe. It sure would be nice if someone could show up with a firetruck to help put out what's burning. The luck/firetruck repeat works well, and the brief string solo was a cool break.

@n1742 5d

Great tempo and I loved the violin part

@n1742 5d

Great bass and drums and the lyrics stand up and stand out on their own.

@markujiro 5d

I like the childlike engagement in wordplay contrasted with the bleak message. If you had a band playing behind you you could put this on the radio.

@chipwithrow 6d

Wow - so cool! Awesome wordplay - could also be sung, but spoken-word is brilliantly matter-of-fact. Dig the instrumentation, too!

@kahlo2013 6d

Ooo love the start with that beat and bass! Great delivery of a compelling important message. The buzzy guitars are perfect to add another sharp edge to the already pointed lyrics. Cool cello interlude.

@edwinb 6d

There is something remarkably powerful about that repeated line "Noah drives a firetruck". I'm reminded of that line from "Well, well, well": God said a fire not a flood next time. Wonderful production here.