Verse:
The edge of the waterfall
Is getting too near
The whites crash around us
It's getting too clear
I followed you so far
I followed you here
The edge of the waterfall
Is getting too near
Chorus:
You got what you want then you cry for more
You got what you want then you cry for more
You got what you want. Even dead birds fly when thrown.
Don't know where I'm going
Don't know where I'll be
But I know I'm done with
Where I have been
Oh the rushes are thrilling
The altitude high
But I've got to find my
Way out of this lie
To chorus.
Bridge:
Feather flurry, floating feathers in the starry sky
Feather flurry, floating feathers, even dead birds fly
Dead birds fly.
Verse 1 repeat and chorus
Tonight I released Dead Birds Fly out into the world. What’s the contemporary lingo? Dropped a track. I feel empty, saddened, like I lost a limb. Part of me felt like it wasn’t good enough, ready enough. However, I have been approaching it much like working on The Floor with Moxie and producer Luke. What does it need next? Where do the spaces need to be filled? Make sure it’s not too much. If you do more takes, is it going to make it any better? If you add more instruments and sounds, is it going to make it better? Alas, it IS done. I need to move on, I have a lot of new songs I need to produce/record/arrange. Plus prepare my favorite three for a professional studio in Bushwick. And maybe…a weight will lift off me…because…this song comes from a dark, sad, stuck place. **************Update: 5-4-2019 I realized the next day that the song was absolutely NOT ready to be released. I pulled it from Spotify & Itunes, etc and spent every day listening to the song. On my commute in the car. At the supermarket with my ear buds. And every time I listened I caught a major flaw in the mix that I needed to go home and fix. Sometimes I had no idea how to even fix it, and I first had to research and watch Cubase how-to videos. For example, why were half the tracks only coming through one speaker? No wonder the electric guitars sounded thin and tinny. This little fix eased, if not solved, my frustration with the tracks. There were two screaming vocals on the first chorus. I finally realized how to use the automation track to mix down the volume in certain spots on the track but not others. It looked easy when I watched “how to” videos, but then I’d try and wind up botching it. I realized that I wasn’t getting it simply because couldn’t see what I was doing. LOL! I needed to visually “stretch” the track and voila! I can now mix via automation.
Well, sorry to assault you with technical jargon. Thank you for listening to the final version. I learned so, so much from mixing this particular song. No, this one may not sound 100% professional, but they’re only going to get better from here.