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Cavedwellers
Question MarkNur Ein XVIII
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Cavedwellers

Entry from Question Mark in Nur Ein XVIII.

Answer Song (based on a competitor's entry from a previous round)

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Cavedwellers

Answering Crown Shy- Sink or Swim
SpoilerCrown Shy
(shadow)

Turning towards the heavy footfalls of a future coming down my lane
And the endless tyranny of how days pile up on days
Winter turns to spring and summer turns to fall
I see ambition on the caller ID, but I can't pick up that call

And I don't want to sink or swim
I just want to get out of the water
Hold my breath and I think that I
Could skim the surface like a dragonfly
Or float like dandelion fluff into the empty sky
I don't want to sink or swim

The Joneses are breathing down my neck with my mother in hot pursuit
And my brother's off somewhere ahead in his Allbirds and three-piece suit
I feel the claws come down and tear through anxious skin
It stings just enough to get me sprinting for a while again

And I don't want to sink or swim
I just want to get out of the water
Hold my breath and I think that I
Could skim the surface like a dragonfly
Or float like dandelion fluff into the empty sky
I don't want to sink or swim

And I don't want to sink or swim
I just want to get out of the water
Hold my breath and I think that I
Could skim the surface like a dragonfly
Or float like dandelion fluff into the empty sky
And I don't want to sink or swim
I just want to get out of the water
Hold my breath and I think that I
Could skim the surface like a dragonfly
Or float like dandelion fluff into the empty sky
I don't want to sink or swim

Cavedwellers-Question Mark

Verse One
Your little heart is so protected
You’re safe and all alone
And you won’t be dejected
It seems so impossible to step in the unknown
You’ve got all of your colors
But you can’t find the tone
You’re the audience
when you should be starring in your own TV show

Pre-Chorus
you don’t like the rat race
And you’re head is full of dread
You don’t want to work for it
You’d rather anything else instead

Chorus
You got hooked by the crook
Of a question mark
As you took another shot in the dark
The dandelion fluff
Is gonna make me sneeze
As I pay for this cool summer breeze

Verse Two
You’ll never feel rewarded
If you don’t endure the struggle
The lake of your anxiety
Evaporates to puddles
You’re panicked by the footfalls
Of the ones you care about
You’re probably feeling empty
When you’re only full of doubt

Pre-Chorus
you don’t like the rat race
And you’re head is full of dread
You don’t want to work for it
You’d rather anything else instead

Chorus
You got hooked by the crook
Of a question mark
As you took another shot in the dark
The dandelion fluff
Is gonna make me sneeze
As I pay for this cool summer breeze

Bridge
I see myself in you
You do what I would do
Before I knew the score
I thought I knew so much more
Too shy to take your crown
You would renounce your throne
When you and I could rule
Together, together

Chorus
Chorus

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vowlvom

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good song, particularly the catchy chorus. Mix feels a bit muddy, the vocal in particular gets a little buried at times. Lyrically, I'm a little mixed - some of the "answering" here feels a little... patronising? But the rhythms / rhymes / word choices in the chorus are fun, as is the lake evaporating to puddles. Still a song I found very enjoyable to listen to despite my complaints.

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