demo 112: you can do

SECRET DEMO CLUB ❤️‍🔥 happy last day of the month : ) where IS the summer going

i’ve just landed in Chicago, kicking off 3 weeks in the US starting with baby’s first US festival tomorrow (lollapalooooooza). I’m sleepy from the flight but excited to reunite with my darling band (who flew separately from london) and take down a big ol deep dish pizza tonight. Let the giant meals commence

this demo had a fun journey - you might recognise the first verse from a previous demo, one called ‘melodramatic’ from a few months back (you might also recognise the final line of the chorus from an even older demo - any ideas? POP QUIZ!). I wrote this chorus & realised after playing it while drumming that it had a similar groove to ‘melodramatic’.. a song where I loved the verse but didn’t love the chorus as much. so I mashed up that old verse with the new chorus & bridge and a frankenstein song was born. thematically it effortlessly worked; both sections an attempt to convey the giddy/heady/terrifying effects of a reciprocated crush.

I’ll be honest with you SDC, I like the song better than I like this demo of it. I wish I’d tracked it a touch faster and I couldn’t get the mix quite right.. but I committed to finishing it anyway.. a demo is a demo, I must remember and there’s always something to be learnt along the way. so perhaps there’s a future for the song itself but it might benefit from a fresh approach, be that totally different instrumentation or trusting a producer to rip it apart! fun to think about. some good news is that I’m loving playing drums more than ever and I can feel myself improving !!!

you can download the attached mp3 for keepsies or stream it within the patreon website or mobile app (where it can also be saved offline). as always your thoughts/feelings are welcome 😇 if you’re new here this month, thank you for signing up! SDC funds are really helping float the expenses of the tour i’m about to embark on here in the States - even though i’m between campaigns at the moment the difference your collective support makes is as tangible as ever.

thank you for everything, this month & always ❤️‍🔥

OG x

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lyrics:

see you

can do

whatever you want to me

just do it all honestly

look into my reflection

magic

people don’t understand it

when I’m with you I have it

so I scream it

out loud

we’ll never be as young

or as hot as we are right now

do you think that I’m melodramatic?

cause nothing I’m saying is automatic

it comes to me in a dream, I rehearse like a scene

overcooked, overthought, over you, over what?

my body feels like a gun being fired

I look at you and i’m up and i’m wired

it’s a kick on the can, it’s the way that i am

take it up with my parents

it’s their fault in fairness

what is your secret will you ever tell us?

make it look easy I’m honestly jealous

the two of us on the couch, in my head live it out

it might be common sense, it’s a lot, it’s intense

what do u mean I don’t know everything?

if I know nothing there’s no in between

no defender, soft centre

bring the walls down and surrender

you

can do

whatever you want to me

just do it all honestly

look into my reflection

magic

people don’t understand it

when I’m with you I have it

so I scream it

out loud

we’ll never be as young

or as hot as we are right now

so do u wanna go

back to mine instead?

if you’re gonna hurt me

the target’s on my head

i’m an ant inside the ashtray

crawling on your hand

living out my last day

at your every command

see you

can do

whatever you want to me

just do it all honestly

look into my reflection

magic

people don’t understand it

when I’m with you I have it

so I scream it

out loud

we’ll never be as young

or as hot as we are right now