Fall and Fail

from Not Good Music by Zansman

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Lyrics written August 2017
Music written May 2018
Recorded June 2018

Written about a year ago (in the moment I write this). It fit the theme of the last EP more than this one, but still. I, ironically, never fail to write songs about failure.

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(capo: 3rd fret)

Verse 1
D G
I've stared at the watch for hours
D A
Feeling just as anxious every time it reached twelve
D Em
I saw the big hand move with strength and power
G A7 D
But I couldn't keep my little hand to myself
G A
You set fire to my hour glass
D Bm
Tried to control the time instead of letting it pass
G Em
Then I inhale the scent of burning sand
A A7 D
As I observe that little hand

Verse 2

I've sat around watching the seasons
Only experienced a starlit night once
Did the right thing for all the wrong reasons
and did wrongs for all the right ones
And when summer turns to fall
it gets harder to keep track of it all
I found out what the little note in my treasure meant
You forget your traditional measurements

Verse 3

I tried to find my way back from Nowhere
Like a warrior, but still so weak
Like a character described by Homer
badly translated from ancient Greek
And as I'm coming back home
To my toothbrush and my comb
I pretend to be my own therapist
with a checkered pattern and an ironic twist

Verse 4

I distance myself from my own views
I don't mean to justify the end
The recent events are no longer news
they're just old stories repeated all over again
My once fragile skin has become hardened
I'm facing my trial until I get pardoned
I'm a secured jail, but I take no prisoners
I fall and I fail, but where are my listeners?

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from Not Good Music, released August 3, 2018
Words and music by Labbetøs

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