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This week I have a short clip from a piano demo version of a song I am particularly fond, "Solar Flare."
I first transcribed this song in November 2013. I say "transcribed" because it had came to me in its entirety in a dream. In the dream I was listening to a recording of it through headphones, but I KNEW that I had wrote it. There was also some very clear imagery resembling a music video that I saw/see when I hear this. (It is a duet for man and woman, and I aim to someday record it with the voice I recognized singing it with me.) I sprung from my bed, ran to my computer and got it down. There were a couple spots where I couldn't remember the lyrics, but I was able to fill them in to tell the story.
You can listen to piano/vocal clip, piano instrumental version, and electronic instrumental version at my soundcloud.
Unfortunately, I am still having issues (been going on for a couple weeks) with my audio tracks and can not bounce down a full vocal version. (This problem is very frustrating, I was having this issue with "Heavy Voices" when I created the video for the Swan Song Contest as well. THat's why it is the way it is... but as I said then I was just glad to have something done!) I hope to have it solved ASAP. I'm going to have some time in the next few days to troubleshoot...
Thematically this song is about a man and woman who are instinctively drawn to one another, but for one reason or another they run. It starts with him confessing his regret for letting her go. She replies... she always knew it would find her... In the chorus the melody line switch from the guy to the girl. This happens throughout... It's like who is really the one running... in fact, they have been chasing each other all along.
Anyway, wish me luck getting all my audio tracks up and running!
Solar Flare (Walked Into The Sunset)
Lyrics:
Voice 1 aka the GUY
I never made you any promises
But then again, I never thought I'd be standing here
With nothing to my name, but the black sweatshirt on my back
And in my hands, a cardboard box filled with tears
Voice 2 aka the CHICK
Secretly I've watched every step you took
Hoping you would know 'xactly where to look
To show me you'd been listening
To prove you read me like a book
Both:
You walked into the sunset and you disappeared
Left a trail behind you like a SOLAR FLARE
I tried my best to follow
But my heart was too hollow
Without you, it's like I'm not there....
2:
Hmph... you'd never make me any promises
But act like I'm a child on milk-box when I go
You can't have it both ways - you can't lock a diamond up
Then expect it to sparkle int he dark 'cause you say so
1:
There's been things I know I shoulda said
Dangerous waters that I loathed to tread
Didn't wanna ruin something good
But I'd shout them now if I could
Both:
You walked into the sunset and you disappeared
Left a trail behind you like a SOLAR FLARE
I tried my best to follow
But my heart was too hollow
Without you, it's like I'm not there....
Both:
No, I'm not here
And no, I'm not there
My heart's gone far
And I'm not sure where
But I'm where you are
Break me back to me, please!
1:
I never mad you any promises
But then again I never thought I'd be standing here
But here I am in the place where we first met
Scanning the room for the best part of the last few years...
Both:
You walked into the sunset and you disappeared
Left a trail behind you like a SOLAR FLARE
I tried my best to follow
But my heart was too hollow
Without you, it's like I'm not there
Without you, it's like I'm not there
Without you, it's like I'm not there
✌️❤️✨
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