"Midnight" : FAWM

Midnight

6 days ago by @wylddandelyon

Midnight

wylddandelyon

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Liner Notes

Ah, finally! A song. To my own skirmish even. Music does happen!

(Aaaugh. I can't even get the time to start my own skirmish correct. Apparently, I started an hour early. Well better early than never, I suppose.)

This is just me and my guitar, #acousticonetake I do love midnight.

#folk #filk #neurospicy

Lyrics

Midnight Deirdre Murphy

E7 Amaj7 I don’t have to mask at midnight D E7 Amaj7 I don’t have to make my body still E7 Amaj7 I don’t have to wear boring colors D E7 Amaj7 I don’t have expectations to fulfill

D Amaj7 At midnight I can dance or play my guitar E7 Amaj7 I can read or paint or sew, or wander free D Amaj7 At midnight all the rules have fallen asleep D E7 Amaj7 At midnight I am free to just be me

E7 Amaj7 I don’t have to simplify my language D E7 Amaj7 I don’t have to mind my Ps and Qs E7 Amaj7 I don’t have to follow someone else’s rules D E7 Amaj7 I don’t have to tell white lies, smile and schmooze

E7 Amaj7 I can write or try a hobby at midnight D E7 Amaj7 Time and space and magic are my friends E7 Amaj7 I can dress up as anything, or wander my home nude D E7 Amaj7 It’s no wonder I don’t want the night to end

Comments

@elainedimasi 4d

This gives a deliciously dreamy feeling. I love rules that are able to fall asleep and leave us to it. Your strumming delivers such nice nuances and a feeling of air. "Time and space and magic are my friends" is really sweet!

Now about wandering the house nude. You have reminded me of my maternal grandmother. My grandfather was very dominating to all the family - I know through the stories, as I was about 4yo when he died. That left my grandmother in her 50's, to learn to drive a car for the first time, to travel on planes with one of her daughters for the first time, to mow her own little lawn with a power mower; to feel free to do so many things. Years later, she proudly told teenage me which year it was that she finally felt empowered to wander her own home nude!

@raspberry33 5d

Great skirmish entry. I wanted to participate last night, but had to be ready for an early-morning meeting. (Which turned out to be a waste of time, but that's another song title!). Lovely vocals and guitar work. And, yeah, let the rules fall asleep every now and then.

@wylddandelyon 4d

You are very welcome to do the skirmish later or to just use the topic as a prompt.

@alyxanderjames 5d

I love this so much, you've captured the joy of unmasking and the melancholy of needing to mask all at once. My personal neurospicy unmasked time is early in the morning rather that late at night, but this is still so resonant. Really gorgeous work!