Since I caught your eye in the glass,
Fading with the curtained sun,
And waiting for you to look back,
My heart ran like a rabbit
Smiling when I opened a door,
In case you were there, soon became a habit.
Shimmer to fire,
Strike match across my skin,
Oh my darling,
how long has it been?
Since the harvest came seven summers in a row,
And the weight became lighter,
With your arm in tow,
It feels like yesterday all those years ago,
When you kissed me for the first time,
In the falling snow.
Shimmer to fire,
Strike match across my skin,
Oh my darling,
how long has it been?
Since I lost your heart,
in the interminable weeds,
ripping concrete apart,
Oh isn't it funny,
how a day can feel,
like a clock filled up with honey.
Shimmer to fire,
Strike match across my skin,
Oh my darling,
Since the moon came down on us,
Since the waters turned to dust,
Since your shoulder held my chin,
O-O-O-Oh my darling...
These are the words for a fictional song, written for a short script I'm working on. Piece of String is either the name of the song, the script, neither, or both. None of it is final, even the script is in dire need of a re-write, but I thought it would be nice to share. If it ever gets put to music, I'm sure the words will change whether that be because of rhythm, metre, or a basic understanding of musical composition from whoever my collaborater is. For now it is this.
Alongside this, I am sharing a playlist of songs and performances that inspired my own. In my head it is meant to be a lost classic of the American Songbook but I'm unsure how succesfull I acutally am in that endeavour. Anyway, as you can see the songs aren't all standards, the playlist is more so a catalogue of everything that inspired to the characters, the emotions, and the atmosphere that inspired the piece. What the piece is, briefly, is a late night conversation between two women, one older, who used to sing, and one younger, trying to figure out why they find themselves together. There is some fun stuff in there with two versions of the characters, (one is the same person shifted, one is literally two characters played by two people; one older, one younger), split across time but it is really not operating beyond anything more than dream logic. From that you can probably tell why it still needs some work.
I hope you find something in the the playlist that moves you.
~Honeycream
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Video Title, Channel Title
- Both Sides Now *from 'Both Sides Now' 2000*, Joni Mtichell
- Fiona Apple — I know (live @Largo), Fiona Apple Rocks
- If We Make It Through December, Merle Haggard
- Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Montreux 1976), TransatlanticMoments
- Fiona Apple – I Walk A Little Faster (LIVE), music by Carolyn Leigh/Cy Coleman, Fiona Apple Rocks
- ABBA If It Wasn't For The Nights - (BBC TV '79) Deluxe edition Audio HD, Fafner888
- The End of the World, Skeeter Davis - Topic
- 31. `Watashi no tēma'~ yojōhan taimumashinburūsu Piano Ver. 『 Yojouhan Time Machine Blues OST 』, The Anime OST Library
- Raul Esparza - Being Alive, Phil Dinovo
- Wichita Lineman (Remastered 2001), Glen Campbell
- Fiona Apple cover of The Whole of the Moon - Live version, Zelda Hallman
- Joanna Newsom - Does Not Suffice (with lyrics), HaveOneOnMe1
- Florence + The Machine - Free (Acoustic), florencemachine
- Frank Sinatra - One For My Baby (Live At Royal Festival Hall / 1962), Frank Sinatra
- It Never Entered My Mind, Julie London - Topic
- Miles Davis Quintet - It Never Entered My Mind, 60otaku4
- Fiona Apple – Why Try To Change Me Now (LIVE Cy Coleman tribute), Fiona Apple Rocks
- The Fleetwoods - Unchained Melody (A Cappella Version) (lookingforlyrics.org), Maya Tsitaishvilli
- "Nine Hundred Miles" - Traditional American Folk Song, WestVillage Chorale
- Waters of March - Águas de Março - Stereo - Elis Regina and Tom Jobim - Aguas de Marco -, Broadway Classics
- Sail Away (Remastered), Randy Newman
- Funny How Time Slips Away, Billy Walker
- Jo Stafford - Haunted Heart (Capitol Records 1950), RoundMidnightTV
- Fiddler On The Roof sunrise sunset, byeori
- Ichiko Aoba - hello / もしもし (Official Music Video), Ichiko Aoba
- Joni Mitchell ~ Big Yellow Taxi + Both Sides Now (BBC - 1969), Boston 4 Evaa
- Ichiko Aoba with 12 Ensemble - Sagu Palmʼs Song (Live at Milton Court), ICHIKO AOBA
- Cosmia, Joanna Newsom - Topic