Hi friend!
Phew, I’ve had a rough month and I haven’t had the energy to record any music.
But I finally got back to my usual baseline last week and managed to record this rough demo of a song I’ve been working on.
It’s called Periwinkle Blue and is about being in a toxic relationship, but surviving by going into your own inner fantasy world… where everything is pink and periwinkle blue (aren’t they just joyful colours?).
A while ago I did some lyric writing exercises (I wish I could do them everyday, but they are hard in the brain) and I ended up with the chorus right away: In my dreams I crawl to heaven / But not the kind after death / The kind where everything is pink and periwinkle blue.
And I thought ‘wow, that sounds like someone trying to escape something by moving into fantasy’ and I knew what the song had to be about.
I want to get better at creating more rhythmic songs, but it’s hard on my body so I don’t do it that often, but I hope with my new and improved baseline that it will become more possible.
Let me know if you think I should release this song… I imagine it with a good drum and acoustic bass section, maybe adding a piano solo in there too. A trumpet, too? If you have any ideas, let me know!
Here are the lyrics:
Moonlight fell upon the porch
The shade of the birch trees
Fluttered on the ground
The glass shattered by his touch
Shards digging into skin
Blood melting on the floor
Oooh in my dreams I crawl to heaven
But not the kind after death
The kind where everything is pink and periwinkle blue
The moon will dry away the stains
But not the lesions in my mind
They’re digging deeper walls
I’m in a world of my own
I can’t tell anymore
Should I stay or should I go?
Oooh in my dreams I crawl to heaven
But not the kind after death
The kind where everything is pink and periwinkle blue
Did you come here to rescue me?
Take me into cooler waters?
Oooh let the rain fall
Let it soak up all the waste
Did you make mistakes like me at all?
Oooh in my dreams I crawl to heaven
But not the kind after death
The kind where everything is pink and periwinkle blue
Tell me…
Have you ever been in a toxic relationship?
Do you or have you ever gone into your own inner fantasy world to survive the rough stuff?
Should I release this song?
I’d love to know in the comments!
