Smashed

demo coming soon...

lyrics

twenty-four hours later 
i was ready to hate her
but you needed a minute 
i could understand violence
or a moment of silence
but don't drown yourself in it

sucking lemons
popping sour grapes
getting wasted tryin'ta lose the taste

you can follow all the rules and lose
no one said life is fair
love will smash your heart into a million pieces
please be careful

i won't tell you i told you so
she bought and she sold you do-
n't need anyone thumbing (their noses)
you got smacked up and sent home
shotgun shacked up and then some
didn't you see it coming?

cinnamon gum
ten sticks at a time
what's the significance of a lime?

which needle in the stack was the mistake?
and which straw broke the back
you saw it break
you did the best you could
you thought that you could make it
but it's over
it's all over your face

you can follow all the rules and lose
no one said life is fair
love will smash your heart into a million pieces
please be careful

notes

another one of those obligatory power pop numbers i am apparently under contract with myself to produce every so often. this was begun ages ago, about the same vintage as The Heartbreak Blinders' Greatest Hits. upon rediscovering it recently, i decided the bridge was good enough to justify finishing the rest of the song. i rewrote a bunch of the lyrics, during the process of which it occured to me that the sentiment behind this song was very similar to a familiar local favorite, so i put in a few fun references. love and apologies to all concerned.

i shoehorned what may be an ill-advised key change into this just because i never have key changes and Sara and i discussed it recently, and i resolved to try it out. a semi-throwaway like this seemed like a low-stakes opportunity to attempt it. i think i was too abrupt about both transitions, but i hear that pacing problems when one's new at something are commonplace.