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Dark Cove
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The Friends

Entry from Dark Cove in Nur Ein XX.

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The Friends "Dark Cave"
(yes, you read that right, we got the prompt wrong AGAIN and I sang cave and not cove....judges, do your worst!!)

I know you're trying to make me happy
I know you're trying to shine your light
but like a spinster never married
I'm not the one you need to save
Leave me in my dark cave
where the walls are mine
let me have my dark cave
where I know just what I'll find

I don’t need a family

Without them I’m just fine

And when the morning comes

I’ll just get out of the sun

No one to look at what is mine

I cant breathe insanity

Everything’s out of time

Except when I’m alone

It’s a perfect happy song

Don’t have to live in a rewind

I wanna go back home

Don’t always wanna be so alone

Just need a place without the noise

I wanna be where there’s no phone

Reviews

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Pigfarmer Jr

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The off kilter feel of the intro is interesting. Makes the solid “I don’t need a family..” section feel whole and welcoming when it hits. The backing vox are a tasty touch, nicely done. I really like the scaled back acoustic and almost bell-like keys section is cool, too. But going into the next section, it feels cut and pasted, a little abrupt. Your unfortunate title gaff hurts a little more when you’re in the final rounds of a challenge with so many great artists from round zero to present. There is a lot to like in this song but taken as a whole it doesn’t stand up to the rest of the entries as well. As a result, it’s not in my top couple even without the title mishap.

roymond

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SUPER INTRIGUING!
The textures you cycle through are each such gems and they compliment/contrast each other enough to not feel disjointed. The chorus is such a solid hook. The lilting bridge is like gravity pulsing horizontally. Just like that. So Beck (sorry, but really...omg)
"I wanna be where there's no phone" speaks to me.
Oops wrong title 🙂 Good job regardless.

Lunkhead

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I didn't like the psychedelic intro, the effects on the vocals I think sounded a bit bad and there seemed to be some off notes in the instruments occasionally. I liked the part after that much better. I want to be forgiving about the title misunderstanding but I think ultimately it did make me feel like being a little harder on the lyrics, like if they're for the wrong title they should at least be really good. I thought they were just ok though. I felt like the "Leave me in my dark cave" section kinda dragged, like it lost some energy, and the vocals had some pitch issues there. I do enjoy a lot of the instrumentation choices. I wish the "I wanna go back home" section had been the coda, like it could have burst into a big sounding repetition with fuller instrumentation. Since I didn't love the "chorus" going back to it again then repeating that part instrumentally but pared down felt like an unsatisfying ending

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