5090 by FAWM: "Strip Away"

Strip Away

5 weeks ago by @mandolinda

Strip Away

mandolinda

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Liner Notes

#songsidekicksongcircle
#protest
I wrote a short poem about a guy at a microphone at one of the train shows I attended. He was trying to give away a door prize that no one in the assembly wanted to own. He must have picked 30-40 tickets before someone actually took it to stop him from ranting.
When the prompt was given in the Zoom, song circle last Friday, I used the foundation of my poem, to create a protest song. Then I needed to find some music. Synths and percussion track courtesy of @glade. This one was called Scorpion.
And oh yes, I picked a title from #titular. Made the jam to stick it all together.

Lyrics

Strip Away
Lyric by Linda Mielke
Instrumental by gslade Scorpion

[Verse 1]
when you discover that what you're offering
Isn't desirable any more
That your day to day is over
the same old story is ignored
when you just can't
continue
pretending

[chorus]
strip away the yearning
strip away the grief
strip away the conformity
the story will be brief

it's time to clean the slate
it’s time to demonstrate
no more time for useless debate
turn over a new leaf

[Verse 2]
when you realize it's a tale of lost souls
there's no door prize to explore
the illusions that we once held dear
fade away like shadows on the floor
when you can't find
the reason
to keep fighting

[Chorus]
strip away the yearning
strip away the grief
strip away the conformity
the story will be brief

it's time to clean the slate
it’s time to demonstrate
no more time for useless debate
turn over a new leaf

[Bridge]
let go of the fear that binds you
release the chains of yesterday
there's a light that's waiting to find you
but first, you've got to strip away

[Chorus]

[Outro]
strip away the anger
strip away the shame
strip away the echoes
of a life lived in vain

find what's real underneath
and turn over a new leaf
strip away, strip away, strip away
to be free

Comments

@gm7 4w

Wow cool. Great job Linda . You certainly moved away from your normal musical approaches...rock-on !!! nice collab.

@lbrewington 5w

Great elements of a 'protest' song. The first bit is the attitude of the vocals, feel there is a firmness, a sense of being ready for action. The the repetition of the words strip away over and over is great, gives a sense of marching or chanting and the word strip is a very active and fun word to use in the context.

@andygetch 5w

I like how this lyric combines saying no with taking action and how the song grew from an unwanted door prize. The music is expansive.

@kahlo2013 5w

Very cool sound and quirky backstory for a powerful thought provoking song! Great chorus and hook! The music is really cool. Your vocals are really effective!

@sheslin 5w

Really cool track - great synth and drums! What an interesting story - and way to use it to create this song. I know finding the melody in an instrumental track can be challenging - you did a wonderful job! Great chorus and nice use of repetition. I enjoyed your vocals and vocal styling also. Cool outro!!! Nice collab!