demo 115: got you (that's my girl)

SDC : boo! HAPpppPpppPPPYY haalllLLLlooowEEEeeeeEeEEEn! and happy last day of the month / demo day to all who celebrate

so I've had a gnarly cold all week and after a stealthy 11 hour sleep last night (RIP) I woke up this morning with a much clearer head. I'm not 100%, but so much better than before (I re-sang this demo and ABing it with the one from yesterday was like night & day lol no amount of EQ could remove the nasal tone of the original). aaanyway - my energy and voice being more than compromised this week I opted for a simple demo of a song I wrote last month, called 'got you' (or 'that's my girl'.. can't decide). had to be soft on myself and not expect tooOo much from this particular demo.. but all of that said I'm still proud of this and I hope you like it

so I said this when I uploaded a min or so of this as a voice memo last month but this is essentially a love song to my best friend. I'm obsessed with FRIEND SONGS at the minute and also with friendship in general? I have a couple of standOUT friends around me that have helped me through some Very Big Shit the last year or two and so in turn I've helped them back and thought a lot about how much I CHERISH them. why so many songs in the world about romantic love, why not more for our friends!!!!!!!!????

for the guitar nerds : this ones in D-A-D-F#-A-E. I wanted to try a song in open D that wasn't in the key of D ! so this one's in A (I think?) and having those ring-y out-y top strings in relation to a different core key is really fun to me. there's like 5 different ways I could produce this up w drums etc.. but does it need it? it could go big & hard (from chorus 2 onwards especially) but whether it should I'm between 2 minds on. thoughts welcome below, on that or the song in general : )

as always you can stream the demo from within the patreon site or mobile app (where u can also save offline) and patreon has seemingly chanGEEED the ability to add an attachment for download on a post (or is it hidden somewhere? can anyone help? thanks, love grandma). in the meantime u can download the file for this demo here

if you joined the SDC this month - thank you for helping me continue to do my dream job in an increasingly uphill industry. it's crazy out here and the SDC funds vitally help cover my monthly overheads for living + keeping my small business afloat! whether you've been here for a week, a month or several years now I genuinely couldn't be more grateful. thank you for chucking a little of your hard earned £ at this here lil songwriter girl

I hope the demos (and the knowledge that I'm out here doing this because of Y O U) gives you some well deserved warm fuzzies.

ok - lyrics below - and top tier patrons I'll drop a date for our next live stream/zoom hang in the next few days!

love love,

OG xxxxxxx

lyrics:

look at the path right in front of me

wondering which way I should go

try to blame my anatomy

always flapping like a bird on my own

another minor emergency

waiting for a knock at the door

talk it through like its therapy

what the hell else am I here for

see I mean it when I say

there’s no condition to this love

if a bus was coming for you

I would hope you know I’d jump

if a bear was stood behind you

I would look it in the eye

babe it’s a no brainer

I would always save your life

I have got you

we really know how to pick em out

sometimes I swear it’s a curse

table read of your messages

man that guy was really the worst

it’s a special kind of hell

to see you be in pain

but trust me it’s a superpower

having such a powerful brain

see I mean it when I say

there’s no condition to this love

if a bus was coming for you

I would hope you know I’d jump

if a bear was stood behind you

I would look it in the eye

babe it’s a no brainer

I would always save your life

I have got you

other lovers come and go

but I’ll never be on my own

cause that’s

MY GIIIIRRRRLLLLLLLL

see I mean it when I say

there’s no condition to this love

if a bus was coming for you

I would hope you know I’d jump

is it narcissistic telling you

you’re perfect as you are?

cause we’re kind of the same person

if you squint really hard

I have got you

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