I’m hesitant to call two songs in two days being on a roll, but relatively speaking? I’m on a roll!
After posting “Untitled (ACO 1)” (download) last night, I went straight into recording another song I wrote right after completing the first Eponymous 4 project.
(Ed. note: Since the publication of this entry, “Untitled (ACO 1)” has since become “Our Best Wasn’t Enough”)
It’s called “Speechless” (download), and I wrote two drafts of lyrics, neither of which I’m particularly fond. But it seems like an appropriate title for the melody.
The levels were too hot, and the hard disk skipped twice during recording. It was 1 a.m. by the time I played it back, and I figured I’d give it another shot tonight.
I dropped the levels a bit and got a full take. I also re-encoded “Untitled (ACO 1)” to 192kbps, which doesn’t make too much of a difference.
So there. More music from me for you to enjoy. Or ignore. Whatever.
Here are the lyrics. Maybe they’re not that bad, but they kind of strike me as, well, predictable:
“Speechless”
When the clock strikes three o’clock
I’ll try not to make you stir
I’ll just find my own way out
We’ll talk later
Say the words to make me feel
That tonight I’d be remiss
Never to return your calls
Or messages
A string of words
A mess of thoughts
Sometimes they never meet
What I keep in
I can’t let out
And still I try to try
To make it all make sense
Feel the blood rush through your face
See the moon turn into red
I can’t think of how I’d spend
Now forever
Come into my mind again
Make me wonder what I’d miss
If I’d never hold you tight
Or felt your kiss
A string of words
A mess of thoughts
Sometimes they never meet
What I keep in
I can’t let out
And still I try to try
To make it all make sense

I added a third verse last night, but there are no lyrics for them yet.
Oops.