Oil Spill
Contents
Lyrics
Made up as I went along with a few revisions:
until you're pinned and beat to bits you keep it tucked and secret you never pleaded innocent you never once admitted it you never will words haven't failed you oil spill wet slate and shale the river mill produces sheets of bitterness between your teeth reiterates you'll never win mind your man and mend your pale your layered garments tip the scale you never bled your rust away you never pled enough to sway you broken piece
Music
I don't know what the chords are, really. I sort of made it up as I go along.
structure
V C V CC B V CC
notes
after listening to "starlight" by muse too many times, i thought up this falsetto-y chorus melody. it's been in my head for the last few weeks, and i was going to go nuts if i didn't do something with it. so i just decided to just make a demo and let the chips fall where they may. i didn't have any lyrics going into it, or even an idea about what the song's about, so just tried to follow the melody and not overthink it. i had been waiting for a chance to use "oil spill" as an insult in a song for a couple years, so i threw that into the mix. i don't really know what this song is about. guilt? the rust belt? something!
i reserve the right to make something decent out of some of these ideas some day.
