Where We’re Not
Liner Notes
“Where We’re Not” - #fawm 50/90 2024 song 43
I’ve been traveling and I can’t wait to be home and to catch up on songs and comments and listening! Recorded this one on the road.
Here’s another lyrics-only draft from last summer I finished with chords and a melody. I think the prompt was about a Time Machine — would you go to the future or the past? Quick and dirty demo for today — I can hear a few things I want to change.
9 lyric drafts left to finish from 2023…
All my originals: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6mTUlPL-MmAm45IMVgat1necrh2mGnT6&si=sAdXP581ZNU__9rn
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Lyrics
I keep my time machine so clean
I'm playing keep-away with time
I've run it through the carwash
But I refuse to get inside
I close my eyes: I'm visiting the future
Not sure if you're there
I blink 'em twice: I'm in the past
And I don't see you anywhere
Holy cow, we're only now!
Now is all we've got
If systems fail with bleeps and bloops
We'll end up where we're not
I'll paint my time machine reflective
Like mirrors ought to be
I'll bring you round for polishing
Bring you round for tea
PRECHORUS
Holy cow, we're only now!
Now is all we've got
No two steps forward, no, nor back
We'll end up where we're not
Why's my where's my how's my time machine?
Why's my where's my how's my time machine?
REPEAT BRIDGE
I don't take pictures anymore
I heard they let our minds forget
I give myself a quiz each week
To see if we have split up yet
PRECHORUS
Holy cow, we're only now!
Now is all we've got
You said, "Babe, people change."
We'll end up where we're not
REPEAT LAST 2 LINES
Comments
I close my eyes: I'm visiting the future
Not sure if you're there
I blink 'em twice: I'm in the past
And I don't see you anywhere
you captured the true tragedy of time in that verse. the now is all we got is, i suppose, intended as a positive statement, but for me, the now is the saddest part of the story, it is the moment that is lost even as it is experienced, as it can never be found again, either in the past or the future.