Difference between revisions of "California wireless flowers"
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[[Media:cwf.mp3|california wireless flowers]] | [[Media:cwf.mp3|california wireless flowers]] | ||
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:Cfw.JPG|thumb|neither driving nor california]] |
== Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
| − | the signs we pass by | + | the signs we pass by, i read them aloud |
| − | i read them aloud | + | "california wireless flowers" |
| − | california | + | a streak of neon against dark windows |
| − | wireless flowers | + | it's not so interesting, it's just... you know |
| − | a streak of neon | ||
| − | against dark windows | ||
| − | it's not so interesting | ||
| − | it's just... you know | ||
| − | the pauses in our | + | the pauses in our conversation |
| − | conversation | + | filled with red lights and blinking signals |
| − | filled with red lights and | + | the one way streets that turn you around |
| − | blinking signals | + | i'm always lost when my feet aren't on the ground |
| − | the one way streets that | ||
| − | turn you around | ||
| − | i'm always lost when | ||
| − | my feet aren't on the ground | ||
it's a road that you know | it's a road that you know | ||
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i'm just a passenger | i'm just a passenger | ||
you're driving me home | you're driving me home | ||
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| − | talking nothing | + | talking nothing or the weather |
| − | or the weather | + | you're shifting slowly, nothing better |
| − | you're shifting slowly | + | to take your time up than taking me here |
| − | nothing better | + | losing focus, suddenly it's clear |
| − | to take your time up | ||
| − | than taking me here | ||
| − | losing focus | ||
| − | suddenly it's clear | ||
| − | this is my stop | + | this is my stop; still you linger |
| − | still you linger | + | our intentions become much clearer |
| − | + | we laugh about california | |
| − | + | it's a nice pause, but it's not ours | |
| − | we laugh about | ||
| − | california | ||
| − | it's a nice pause | ||
| − | but it's not ours | ||
wireless flowers | wireless flowers | ||
wireless flowers | wireless flowers | ||
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== Author's Notes == | == Author's Notes == | ||
| − | this is the laziest recording ever made, just the "us rock" yamaha beat and one piano track, and two vocal | + | i thought it might be nice to write a song about uncertainty about where things are going. also, tonight on the way back from dropping someone off at the oakland airport, i saw a sign in the window of a giant wells fargo saying "california wireless flowers" and thought it might be nice to write a song about that too.<br> |
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| + | this is the laziest recording ever made, just the "us rock" yamaha beat and one piano track, and two vocal takes with some accidental harmonies, hell of reverb, and absolutely no dynamics. hehehe!<br> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | advice on how to make this better structrually/lyrically/melodically = welcome. | ||
== Comments == | == Comments == | ||
[[Category: Songs]] | [[Category: Songs]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Sara johnsen (san francisco)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:54, 2 March 2007
Lyrics
the signs we pass by, i read them aloud "california wireless flowers" a streak of neon against dark windows it's not so interesting, it's just... you know the pauses in our conversation filled with red lights and blinking signals the one way streets that turn you around i'm always lost when my feet aren't on the ground it's a road that you know you've been this way before i'm just a passenger you're driving me home talking nothing or the weather you're shifting slowly, nothing better to take your time up than taking me here losing focus, suddenly it's clear this is my stop; still you linger our intentions become much clearer we laugh about california it's a nice pause, but it's not ours wireless flowers wireless flowers
Music
structure
a-a-b-a-b-a-c-b-b
key
c major, i think
Author's Notes
i thought it might be nice to write a song about uncertainty about where things are going. also, tonight on the way back from dropping someone off at the oakland airport, i saw a sign in the window of a giant wells fargo saying "california wireless flowers" and thought it might be nice to write a song about that too.
this is the laziest recording ever made, just the "us rock" yamaha beat and one piano track, and two vocal takes with some accidental harmonies, hell of reverb, and absolutely no dynamics. hehehe!
advice on how to make this better structrually/lyrically/melodically = welcome.
