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Waiting For The Sun To Fall
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Liner notes:I did my lyrics in a rondel variant, based off Chaucer's "Rondel of Merciless Beauty". Hopefully that isn't going to ding me as I felt that structuring the last quintet this way (as ol' Geoffrey himself did) allowed me to revisit the "waiting for the sun to fall" line and bolster the concept of the song to greater effect. It does have 13 lines. Also, I took advantage of the open meter allowance on this in order to best accommodate the title rhythmically.
The concept should be fairly clear, someone has done something untoward, we get the idea that they are about to be exposed, and they are reaping their prize which is perhaps anticipation itself, or is at the least tainted with the anticipation that their actions are bringing a catastrophic turn of events.

Waiting For The Sun To Fall - Brown Word and the Big Whine

I tempted fate, now I take my prize
Lay here waiting for the sun to fall
For certain doom to pay its call
For rusted blade to cut my ties

Your words rang hard and sharp as knives
Line went dead but you'll spill all
I tempted fate, now I take my prize
Lay here waiting for the sun to fall

Too bold a move now slowed time’s crawl
Each terrible moment with fear allies
I temped fate, now I take my prize
Lay here waiting for the sun to fall
For certain doom to pay its call

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vowlvom

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superb lead guitar work on this, I love the ascending / descending riffs and the guitarmonies. I could definitely go for something a little hookier in the vocals but they work in terms of vibe and attitude. Lyrics are really interesting when read but I don't really pick up on them when listening and I think that's because the instrumental is so much more interesting and grabs all of my attention.

seemanski

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I really like the guitar work in this track and there are some really cool drums in the back. Overall I have really enjoyed your work this year, you have really stepped it up and it's nice to hear you are still going strong.

Pigfarmer Jr

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I thought you hit the challenge, did a good job with it.
I like the music. The intro sets up the song nicely. Good rhythm. Outside of the vocal, I felt the mix was very good. The vocal just didn't sit perfectly for me. You may have been dinged a bit because I do a decent part of my listening on inferior speakers and this song/vocal suffered more than most because of it. Just seems like it's masked a bit in places. That being said, I'm listening back as I type this up and I do like the song. The transition at :55ish was good. I love the feel from 1:30 especially with that rhythm. I just felt it didn't stand up compared to some of the other entries. There's literally not a bad song in the group.

JonPorobil

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I had you in second place on my first listen through. I really like your guitar playing and I found your percussion groove super-compelling! But your vocal is still a little rough; it sounds to me like you might be pushing your voice to the edge of its range and struggling to hit your notes. What I really like about this song is that it has a lot of dynamic range and sections that are especially distinct from one another. One problem I noticed throughout the week was that, even after listening many times, I couldn't remember the melody when I wasn't listening to it, which ultimately dragged you to the middle of the pack.

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