The Coward & The Fool - acoustic
A song about being stuck in our wayward ways!
I warned y’all!
Last Friday I wrote about confidence and/or the lack-thereof of completing a project. I indicated that I needed to create self-imposed constraints on creative production - to use, The Stallion Harness.
To that end, yesterday afternoon, I rendered my acoustic mix of, The Coward and The Fool.
Rendering just means, outputting the song from my recording software, Reaper.
Here is what rendering was like:
Render, listen back, tweak vocal volume, increase & decrease the reverb, tweak another effect, remove it, re-render, listen back… (rinse, repeat).
I probably did the above six or seven times. I’m positive if I listened to mix #1 versus mix #7, I wouldn’t be able to hear any tangible difference.
And then I thought:
“I can release it later this week!”
Because, I just need a couple more days to get it right… right?
And come August 25th, I’ll be listening to mix #381, thinking, “It’s almost ready.”
Kind of funny, right?
You can listen to the audio below or on the Lyric Video I posted on YouTube - also below.
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Thanks for listening!
Deb has selected the next two songs to record. One is super-challenging for me. I’ll write about those a bit later.
I’ve put new strings on the guitar, I have two blank projects set up and ready to record in my software, and I’m willing to put a harness on the stallion!
Thanks again for joining me on this journey.
Sincerely,
Matthew Moran
August 7, 2023
Lyrics
THE COWARD AND THE FOOL
© 2023 - Matthew Moran
VERSE
An hour east of Phoenix that old jeep broke down
Been riding it fast and hard since leaving town
Just like you it wasn’t made to carry me
Broken, sad and lonely but I’m free
Mary said you’d expressed no bitterness
And all our friends they all agree its for the best
I wash the guilt back when I feel I’ve lost the fight
Our history drifts like embers in the night
(chorus)
CHORUS
Those fitful, dark, tormented dreams
Our past rolls by as memories
It’s all I’ve done and all I’ve failed to do
Makes me the coward and the fool
VERSE
Each line you drew was one more line I had to cross
My better nature fought my demons, we know which one lost
I cried sincerely every time I caused you pain
Til I hear my heart of darkness call my name
(chorus)
VERSE
If I make to the coast I might just call you up
To show I kept a promise and hear your voice
Or maybe raise a silent toast and dream of you
Stay hidden like a coward and a fool
(chorus)
CHORUS (refrain)
My angry, selfish compromise
Those bridges that I burned alive
The empty solitude it’s led me to
Makes me the coward and the fool
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