The future

the future

Lyrics

this year we'll cook for each other
and we'll lower the lights of our glowing computers 

and write our lives like a story
and we string our hearts for a beautiful melody 

and next year we'll be slightly more resolute
and the words that we speak will ring slightly more true

our earth it turns in a circle
and our plants they drink in our cloudy water
the the clouds they rain in their habit
and the dress you'll wear for now is a secret

sure the future is a secret it keeps all the beans
i think the parts i'll like best are about to begin

Music

Chords

G, C, G Em, C, Em, C G, C, G Em, C, E, Am/C

Am/C, G, C Am/C, G, C C, G

G, C, G Em, C, Em, C G, C, G Em, C, E, Am/C

Am/C, G, C Am/C, G, C C, G

(though on this recording i screwed up the ending, not sure what i played)

Structure

verse, verse, chorus, verse, verse, chorus

Songwriter Notes

this was inspired by gabe's short type songs. wrote this just now all at once in one sitting. still a work in progress. The ending doesn't sound right to me yet, and I'm a little unsure of the second verse. I think the heart string bit could be better. And I think that I want to say write our lives IN a story --not LIKE a story... anyway, still working on this...

Possible alternate lyrics

The clouds they rain from the height of their orbit
The clouds they precess in their orbits
The future is a secret i can guess how it ends
The future is a secret that keeps spilling the beans