The songwriting for this particular title was a bit of a deviation from my normal FAWM writing.
I might call it "externally inspired."
A lot of the other songs were written in the FAWM spirit of "going after inspiration with a club."
Sit down. Pick a title. Write a song. Done.
While I've spent a lot of time lately harping on that idea, we mustn't forget that at times, inspiration truly strikes--in places we aren't looking and at times we don't expect.
When I'm not writing for FAWM, there is a little more room for this kind of thing.
A lot of times an idea will appear, tiny as a sprout and eventually, for lack of better terms, it grows SO big, I feel like I have no other choice than to release it; as though there is a weight that exists until I write whatever it is that is in my heart.
In the case of this song, there were a lot of personal issues I was dealing with at the time that now in retrospect, I see were building and I was greatly in need of some release.
Almost all of my FAWM songs from 2010 were influenced by my having been in counseling at the time.
It was a very heavy year.
Going to counseling is not an easy thing, it is not a quick fix, and it is not very pretty.
Personally, I was dealing with 20 year old issues and although it was completely necessary, there is still a delicate balance in counseling between navigating those murky waters to come out on the other side and letting it overwhelm you and falling completely over the edge.
If you have ever been in therapy, you understand this completely, without me having to explain.
I came home after a concert late one night, feeling very inspired musically.
If I stay up too late, I can't sleep and I was sort of on a music high already and I sat down really excited to write a new FAWM song.
The music came fast, and then - I was actually a bit surprised that the lyrics came out the way they did.
It was as if they had been right there, growing in front of me, waiting to be picked.
And maybe that's what true inspiration means.
Maybe it doesn't always come externally, but internally, the fruits of a very full heart.
I wrote this song in about 20 minutes at 2:00 in the morning
Remember these are all rough garageband demos, but TEN of them will be made into a full length record, and you can STILL HELP!
Slippery Slope
Title submitted by Cheri Kozlowski
When I was a girl
I could tell you anything
And you would believe me
As long as you agreed
When I was a girl
When I was a girl
Playing hide and seek
You never found me
I never let you see
I can put one foot before the last
It’s a slippery slope
When you gotta go back
Easy to slide, when you’re digging through the past
It’s a slippery slope
Traveling back
When I was a girl
I knew everything
About winning and losing
And shrouding my tears
When I was a girl
When I was a girl
I lost everything
Now I’m puttin’ it back
Piece by piece by piece
1 comments:
I'm a little partial to the title but still I do love this song. Some of my best thoughts come to me at 2:00 in the morning so I can so relate to this. It's amazing to me how some things can come to you in such a rush you can hardly get them written down. I think some of my best poems have come to me like that and usually out of some time of turmoil. Can't wait for your album. Keep up the great music. I love it all!
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