Caravan Ray
Forum postThis is pretty cool. Great job on the lyrics
Entry from Byron Bay in Nur Ein X.
Must feature a guest who has never been in a Nur Ein song before.
Byron Bay - Frankie Big Face
(with Scot Gilburg on didgeridoo)
I was defenestrated
Over Byron Bay
I was a celebrated figure in my time
But I ran astray
As the Julian Rocks come into view
In this moment, I am thinking of you
And I’ll meet you at the lighthouse one day
Over Byron Bay
I was decapitated
Out on Broken Head
A hapless tuckeroo donated its limbs
To my final bed
A foggy silence rolled in to coat the scene
The Christmas evening sun glowing red and green
I’ll meet you at the lighthouse one day
Over Byron Bay
I was emancipated
Over Byron Bay
I made a concentrated effort to shine
But I faded away
As the Julian Rocks come into view
In this moment, I am thinking of you
And I’ll meet you at the lighthouse one day
Over Byron Bay
This is pretty cool. Great job on the lyrics
After your lecture about interpreting lyrics, you might think I wouldn't appreciate your words this time around, but I think you're doing a really amazing job threading that needle here. I don't know exactly what you're singing about, but I also don’t mind, because of how evocative your lyrics are. "A foggy silence rolled in to coat the scene" is beautiful poetry. The didgeridoo was unexpected and delightful, then the Balance Lost-esque synth and percussion track swept me away. The pacing is beautiful - opening on the lone piano and doing the first verse "solo," then bringing in the extra instruments in a pause between verses, doing the second verse with the full arrangement, then stripping out all the extra instrument except the didgeridoo for the third verse. If I may quibble, I feel that your voice got a little overwhelmed in the larger arrangement - I was expecting you to bring the melody up an octave and really belt out those parts, which never happened. Nevertheless, this song is gorgeous, and my favorite song of Nur Ein X so far. Easy #1 for my rankings this week. Great stuff.