Nur Ein XVII Round Three - Can't Let It Go
- Lunkhead
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Nur Ein XVII Round Three - Can't Let It Go
“Can’t Let It Go”
by Lunkhead
This song is about the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_critic
All harmonies and backing vocals by the original Nur Ein himself, the inimitable Glenn Case!
You won’t let it go
You can’t let it go
And you don’t even know why
You’re stuck in the past
You’re coming in last
The problem lies behind your eyes
Hiding in the shadows
Feeding on your doubts
A little baby monster
Waiting to come out
All of the pain
In your brittle brain
Hardened into stone
Seeded a cloud
Just hanging around
You can’t leave it alone
It’s become a part of you
Feeling like a fraud
Every time you stumble
You hear it applaud
You’re good enough, keep going
No you’re not, just give up!
You’re smart enough, keep trying
No you’re not, just give up!
You are loved, keep going
No you’re not, just give up!
You can let it go
You won’t let it go
It’s all you’ve ever known
You’re stuck in a trap
You’re happy with that
Living inside a burning home
Trying leads to failure
And failure leads to shame
Who knows what you could do
If you weren’t so afraid
by Lunkhead
This song is about the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_critic
All harmonies and backing vocals by the original Nur Ein himself, the inimitable Glenn Case!
You won’t let it go
You can’t let it go
And you don’t even know why
You’re stuck in the past
You’re coming in last
The problem lies behind your eyes
Hiding in the shadows
Feeding on your doubts
A little baby monster
Waiting to come out
All of the pain
In your brittle brain
Hardened into stone
Seeded a cloud
Just hanging around
You can’t leave it alone
It’s become a part of you
Feeling like a fraud
Every time you stumble
You hear it applaud
You’re good enough, keep going
No you’re not, just give up!
You’re smart enough, keep trying
No you’re not, just give up!
You are loved, keep going
No you’re not, just give up!
You can let it go
You won’t let it go
It’s all you’ve ever known
You’re stuck in a trap
You’re happy with that
Living inside a burning home
Trying leads to failure
And failure leads to shame
Who knows what you could do
If you weren’t so afraid
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Can't Let It Go by Vom Vorton
With harmonies by The Lowest Bitter!
my work’s not what it used to be
but in my weak defence
there are thousands of new barriers
I’m pushing up against
I want to keep improving
try to learn from my mistakes
but I aim for a gear shift
and end up stepping on the brakes
I know
and you know
that it’s over
but I can’t let it go
I sigh
because I
should aim lower
but I can’t let it lie
I can’t let it go
I try not to let it get to me
but you’re feeling my frustration
the balance is all off
in terms of sweat and inspiration
it’s like I’m half asleep
trying to ignore a concussion
I’ve forgotten to parboil my brain
before turning on the oven
With harmonies by The Lowest Bitter!
linerz
thanks to Mo for the idea for this song. I was feeling pretty down about my own music, life, etc. and he suggested I channel it into my lyrics instead of (my original plan) just dropping out of the competition and feeling sorry for myself. I made it fast and noisy to balance out the misery of the lyrics a bit.
but in my weak defence
there are thousands of new barriers
I’m pushing up against
I want to keep improving
try to learn from my mistakes
but I aim for a gear shift
and end up stepping on the brakes
I know
and you know
that it’s over
but I can’t let it go
I sigh
because I
should aim lower
but I can’t let it lie
I can’t let it go
I try not to let it get to me
but you’re feeling my frustration
the balance is all off
in terms of sweat and inspiration
it’s like I’m half asleep
trying to ignore a concussion
I’ve forgotten to parboil my brain
before turning on the oven
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When I’m off my meds
Every feeling comes back to me
How we ended things complicated, I guess
That I’ve made my bed
You don’t wanna connect with me
I’ve got a terrible end game, I confess
You moved along
You moved along a long time ago
I can’t let it go
I can’t let it go
She has no idea
What she’s getting into with me
How you’ve woven yourself straight under my skin
It’ll do me in
this emotional wreck of me
This irreversible fall you threw me in
You moved along
You moved along a long time ago
I can’t let it go
I can’t let it fade
I can’t let it die
I just let it bleed
A little while longer
Let it bleed awhile longer
every kiss, every touch
a comparison
the mistakes that we made
let them tear us in two
I can’t let it go
I can’t let it go
Every feeling comes back to me
How we ended things complicated, I guess
That I’ve made my bed
You don’t wanna connect with me
I’ve got a terrible end game, I confess
You moved along
You moved along a long time ago
I can’t let it go
I can’t let it go
She has no idea
What she’s getting into with me
How you’ve woven yourself straight under my skin
It’ll do me in
this emotional wreck of me
This irreversible fall you threw me in
You moved along
You moved along a long time ago
I can’t let it go
I can’t let it fade
I can’t let it die
I just let it bleed
A little while longer
Let it bleed awhile longer
every kiss, every touch
a comparison
the mistakes that we made
let them tear us in two
I can’t let it go
I can’t let it go
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Re: Nur Ein XVII Round Three - Can't Let It Go
Lovely (dis-)harmonies by Vom Vorton! I asked specifically for some drunk gang vocal sound for the low harmony in the chorus, I wanted the vocal to sound vaguely menacing and he delivered. Thanks Vom!
Liner (CW: DRUGS/COCAINE):
tell the hostel receptionist,
"I'm having a heart attack" -
barely a response, points to a hospital on the tourist map
sends me on my way,
a dagger in my chest
but nobody wants a death on the premises I guess
but I don't wanna die,
in this 30°C heat,
in a city where the stench of sewage hangs on every street
in a state of catatonia,
in the state of Catalonia I find,
I never really understood I only got one life
and I can't let it go, can't let it go like this
can't let it go, don't let me go like this
death by cocaine hangover,
feels like skirting the abyss
can't let it go, can't let it go like this
can't let it go, don't let me go like this
death by cocaine hangover,
on the edge of an abyss
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hospital receptionist,
"I'm having a heart attack" -
an eyeroll, we can take a look at that for half a grand
the nurse taking my blood pressure,
just to get me out the door
feeling like a fucking idiot shame dripping out of every pore
but I can't let it go, can't let it go like this
can't let it go, don't let me go like this
death by cocaine hangover,
on the edge of an abyss
Liner (CW: DRUGS/COCAINE):
Spoiler
I went to Primavera Festival in Barcelona the other weekend and took cocaine for the first time in my life. On the nights I took it I felt fine but when the crash came at the end of the festival, combined with the everyday alcohol hangover from three days of all day boozing and dehydration in the 30°C heat, it was fucking horrible. Never again. I spent a day in the grip of an ever worsening panic attack convinced I was gonna die, until I eventually convinced myself I was maybe having a heart attack and went to the nearest hospital. The moment I accepted it probably wasn't a heart attack was when the hospital receptionist informed me it was a private hospital, and while they could take a look at me it would cost me €500. My first instinct was to think "I'd rather die" and that was probably the giveaway that I wasn't really dying.
The hospital took my blood pressure free of charge (I think they just wanted me to stop being a sweaty mess in their foyer in front of all their paying patients) and the nurse essentially said yes your blood pressure is high, that's probably because of the panic attack you've spent all day having and the cocaine in your system (I'd come clean about the coke), and then with an almost mocking, patronising look asked "I guess this was your first time taking cocaine" like I was an absolute lightweight. I mean, she wasn't wrong and it turns out I am a lightweight, but give a sweaty panicky guy a break!
Anyway, this song is about that day. I wanted it to be catchy and poppy but also somehow wrong-sounding and uncomfortable. It's in a strange time signature (the ableton grid I set it to says 5/8 but I think it might actually be 10/8) but there are synth lines that run in regular 4/4, so they're always drifting in and out of sync. In the chorus the beat gets chopped about to try and recreate a stuttering, pounding heartbeat. The vocal melodies in the verses wander and the lengths of each line are inconsistent, to try and create a stream of consciousness effect, but the song is in rhyming couplets as if trying to impose order on this chaotic, panicky train of thought. There's a midsection where an increasingly loud and distorted and menacing voice in my head repeats the mantra "you're gonna die, you're gonna die". And finally the low chorus harmony sung by Vom Vorton is purposefully loose and drunk-sounding, like a gang of obnoxious lads singing along at a festival while drunk and coked up. Somehow despite all these attempts to make this song discordant and unappealing I think it's my catchiest this year
The hospital took my blood pressure free of charge (I think they just wanted me to stop being a sweaty mess in their foyer in front of all their paying patients) and the nurse essentially said yes your blood pressure is high, that's probably because of the panic attack you've spent all day having and the cocaine in your system (I'd come clean about the coke), and then with an almost mocking, patronising look asked "I guess this was your first time taking cocaine" like I was an absolute lightweight. I mean, she wasn't wrong and it turns out I am a lightweight, but give a sweaty panicky guy a break!
Anyway, this song is about that day. I wanted it to be catchy and poppy but also somehow wrong-sounding and uncomfortable. It's in a strange time signature (the ableton grid I set it to says 5/8 but I think it might actually be 10/8) but there are synth lines that run in regular 4/4, so they're always drifting in and out of sync. In the chorus the beat gets chopped about to try and recreate a stuttering, pounding heartbeat. The vocal melodies in the verses wander and the lengths of each line are inconsistent, to try and create a stream of consciousness effect, but the song is in rhyming couplets as if trying to impose order on this chaotic, panicky train of thought. There's a midsection where an increasingly loud and distorted and menacing voice in my head repeats the mantra "you're gonna die, you're gonna die". And finally the low chorus harmony sung by Vom Vorton is purposefully loose and drunk-sounding, like a gang of obnoxious lads singing along at a festival while drunk and coked up. Somehow despite all these attempts to make this song discordant and unappealing I think it's my catchiest this year
"I'm having a heart attack" -
barely a response, points to a hospital on the tourist map
sends me on my way,
a dagger in my chest
but nobody wants a death on the premises I guess
but I don't wanna die,
in this 30°C heat,
in a city where the stench of sewage hangs on every street
in a state of catatonia,
in the state of Catalonia I find,
I never really understood I only got one life
and I can't let it go, can't let it go like this
can't let it go, don't let me go like this
death by cocaine hangover,
feels like skirting the abyss
can't let it go, can't let it go like this
can't let it go, don't let me go like this
death by cocaine hangover,
on the edge of an abyss
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hospital receptionist,
"I'm having a heart attack" -
an eyeroll, we can take a look at that for half a grand
the nurse taking my blood pressure,
just to get me out the door
feeling like a fucking idiot shame dripping out of every pore
but I can't let it go, can't let it go like this
can't let it go, don't let me go like this
death by cocaine hangover,
on the edge of an abyss
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Re: Nur Ein XVII Round Three - Can't Let It Go
Can't Let It Go
By Jon Porobil & Friends
The sound of your voice and its even tones
The glow of your symmetrical face
I wanna soak up your light, but I’ve been
Feeling like a charity case
Case in point
I toe that line
I am yours but you're not mine because
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
I don’t know how I would pay you back
Don't even know if I should
I’ve grown accustomed to the red in my ledger
Getting while the getting is good
It's good to give
And receive
That's why I’d never leave, because
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
Again!
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
You’re making the plans, you’re picking the gifts
You’re keeping in touch with the friends
In the kitchen you’re whipping up something new everyday
Showing off all of your blends
You’re beautiful, hyper-capable
So on the ball it’s incredible
I wanna pitch in but I’m wiped out
From lifting you up on this pedestal
You dress to the nines, impossibly fine
You walk and I worship the ground
I wonder why you’ve been putting up with dragging me around
A moment of peace when the day is done
It’s time to clear the air
Don’t you think you’ve been getting a raw deal?
Isn’t it a little unfair?
Fair in love
Hate to cry
You looked me square in the eye
And you said
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
Everybody!
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
Once without the guitar!
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
Last time!
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
By Jon Porobil & Friends
The sound of your voice and its even tones
The glow of your symmetrical face
I wanna soak up your light, but I’ve been
Feeling like a charity case
Case in point
I toe that line
I am yours but you're not mine because
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
I don’t know how I would pay you back
Don't even know if I should
I’ve grown accustomed to the red in my ledger
Getting while the getting is good
It's good to give
And receive
That's why I’d never leave, because
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
Again!
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
You’re making the plans, you’re picking the gifts
You’re keeping in touch with the friends
In the kitchen you’re whipping up something new everyday
Showing off all of your blends
You’re beautiful, hyper-capable
So on the ball it’s incredible
I wanna pitch in but I’m wiped out
From lifting you up on this pedestal
You dress to the nines, impossibly fine
You walk and I worship the ground
I wonder why you’ve been putting up with dragging me around
A moment of peace when the day is done
It’s time to clear the air
Don’t you think you’ve been getting a raw deal?
Isn’t it a little unfair?
Fair in love
Hate to cry
You looked me square in the eye
And you said
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
Everybody!
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
Once without the guitar!
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
Last time!
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you
I am indebted to you, yeah
And I can’t let it go
"Warren Zevon would be proud." -Reve Mosquito
Stages, an album of about dealing with loss, anxiety, and grieving a difficult year, now available on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms! https://jonporobil.bandcamp.com/album/stages
Stages, an album of about dealing with loss, anxiety, and grieving a difficult year, now available on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms! https://jonporobil.bandcamp.com/album/stages
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Re: Nur Ein XVII Round Three - Can't Let It Go
Can't Let It Go
by Moss Palace
Male harmonies by JB and female harmonies by Cara
Oh
Lost in the wilds
From a shivering shadow
I follow the child
Small boots rest under the bed
So far from home
Traveler
Seen you before
A mouthful of ashes
A cross on the door
Oh bless you and keep you
Wherever you roam
A soft light is reaching through
Gathering over you
Lifting away
Oh you can’t let it go
When it’s all you have left
and there’s nothing to say
but someday
Midnight
Won’t bring you peace
You dig your way under
Handcuffed to your sheets
And the Devil knows the truth
behind your lies
Honey
Straight from hive
But you feel the sting
Till you’re barely Ali
Open hand over your heart
And over your eyes
A soft light is reaching through
Gathering over you
Lifting away
Oh you can’t let it go
When it’s all you have left
and there’s nothing to say
but someday
Oh
Lost in the wilds
From a shivering shadow
I follow the child
Small boots rest under the bed
So far from home
by Moss Palace
Male harmonies by JB and female harmonies by Cara
Oh
Lost in the wilds
From a shivering shadow
I follow the child
Small boots rest under the bed
So far from home
Traveler
Seen you before
A mouthful of ashes
A cross on the door
Oh bless you and keep you
Wherever you roam
A soft light is reaching through
Gathering over you
Lifting away
Oh you can’t let it go
When it’s all you have left
and there’s nothing to say
but someday
Midnight
Won’t bring you peace
You dig your way under
Handcuffed to your sheets
And the Devil knows the truth
behind your lies
Honey
Straight from hive
But you feel the sting
Till you’re barely Ali
Open hand over your heart
And over your eyes
A soft light is reaching through
Gathering over you
Lifting away
Oh you can’t let it go
When it’s all you have left
and there’s nothing to say
but someday
Oh
Lost in the wilds
From a shivering shadow
I follow the child
Small boots rest under the bed
So far from home
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Re: Nur Ein XVII Round Three - Can't Let It Go
Can’t Let it Go
by glennny
with very special guest harmony and backing vocalist Paco del Stinko
It’s really nothing, but it bothers me
I wish I could forget it, sit back, and just relax
Once I saw it, it was something I could not unsee
It needles at me unrelenting, there’s no turning back
I can’t risk exposure
And disrupt their encounter
Did I think I’d get closure?
or did I just want to be around her
I’m not obsessive
But I can’t let it go
I’m not compulsive
But I really can’t let it go
We had a lot of years together
Some of them good, but it’s so over now
She says that life apart is better
I follow her on her date around the town
This is devastating
I hate his stupid face
So humiliating
I watch them go up to his place
I’m not a masochist
But I can’t let it go
I need to see my analyst
Because I really can’t let it go
There’s no “Oh, I see!“ in OCD
To watch her moving on has got the best of me
What happened to “meant to be”?
Will she stay with him all night?
Our shattered destiny
I want to get in a fist fight
I’m not violent
But I can’t let it go
I might wish for an accident
I really can’t let it go
I’m not obsessive
I just can’t let it go
I’m not compulsive
I really can’t let it go
by glennny
with very special guest harmony and backing vocalist Paco del Stinko
Spoiler
Paco del Stinko provides backing and harmony vocals. Paco del stinko is also the left side slide guitar, while I am the right side slide guitar.
This is a story in the first person, by an unreliable narrator. He's got problems, just because I take on this character for the song, it doesn't mean this guy is me. (You know, like Every Breath You Take.)
This is a story in the first person, by an unreliable narrator. He's got problems, just because I take on this character for the song, it doesn't mean this guy is me. (You know, like Every Breath You Take.)
It’s really nothing, but it bothers me
I wish I could forget it, sit back, and just relax
Once I saw it, it was something I could not unsee
It needles at me unrelenting, there’s no turning back
I can’t risk exposure
And disrupt their encounter
Did I think I’d get closure?
or did I just want to be around her
I’m not obsessive
But I can’t let it go
I’m not compulsive
But I really can’t let it go
We had a lot of years together
Some of them good, but it’s so over now
She says that life apart is better
I follow her on her date around the town
This is devastating
I hate his stupid face
So humiliating
I watch them go up to his place
I’m not a masochist
But I can’t let it go
I need to see my analyst
Because I really can’t let it go
There’s no “Oh, I see!“ in OCD
To watch her moving on has got the best of me
What happened to “meant to be”?
Will she stay with him all night?
Our shattered destiny
I want to get in a fist fight
I’m not violent
But I can’t let it go
I might wish for an accident
I really can’t let it go
I’m not obsessive
I just can’t let it go
I’m not compulsive
I really can’t let it go
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Re: Nur Ein XVII Round Three - Can't Let It Go
Nick Soma - Can't Let It Go
featuring my trusted collaborator Cookie Blue
I still remember
Your sunny smile
Of childhood innocence
Our dreams still ran wild
Back before a time
When you were broken
And all the hurtful words
Were still unspoken
The end of summer
When hopes are burning out
It feels like it just happened here right now
My friends say I should move on
From the past, I know
But the memory, it haunts me
And I can't let it go
Walking around
By your old parents' house
As I lost myself in thought
Your mom came out
She invited me in
For Jaffa cakes and tea
Said there was nothing she could do
You're out of reach
It feels surreal
Standing in your room
Feels like you'd come in anytime soon
But you are far away now
Where exactly, heaven knows
Still the memory, it lingers
And I can't let it go
No, I can't let it go
I just can't let it go
You know, I still dream of your voice
As you sang that Nirvana song
And I can picture you sitting there
As I'm trying to strum along
And I can almost smell your coconut shampoo
And Shea butter
On your tender skin
But you are far away now
Where exactly, heaven knows
Still the memory, it lingers
And I can't let it go
My friends say I should move on
From the past, I know
But the memory, it haunts me
And I can't let it go
No, I can't let it go
I just can't let it go
featuring my trusted collaborator Cookie Blue
I still remember
Your sunny smile
Of childhood innocence
Our dreams still ran wild
Back before a time
When you were broken
And all the hurtful words
Were still unspoken
The end of summer
When hopes are burning out
It feels like it just happened here right now
My friends say I should move on
From the past, I know
But the memory, it haunts me
And I can't let it go
Walking around
By your old parents' house
As I lost myself in thought
Your mom came out
She invited me in
For Jaffa cakes and tea
Said there was nothing she could do
You're out of reach
It feels surreal
Standing in your room
Feels like you'd come in anytime soon
But you are far away now
Where exactly, heaven knows
Still the memory, it lingers
And I can't let it go
No, I can't let it go
I just can't let it go
You know, I still dream of your voice
As you sang that Nirvana song
And I can picture you sitting there
As I'm trying to strum along
And I can almost smell your coconut shampoo
And Shea butter
On your tender skin
But you are far away now
Where exactly, heaven knows
Still the memory, it lingers
And I can't let it go
My friends say I should move on
From the past, I know
But the memory, it haunts me
And I can't let it go
No, I can't let it go
I just can't let it go
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Re: Nur Ein XVII Round Three - Can't Let It Go
The Alleviators
challenge notes: Ryan Brickley (Beka's sister) is our guest vocalist coming in with harmonies at the first chorus.
VERSE 1:
Threads of your couch
The taste of your mouth
It always felt right
Never was mine
And you didn’t care
What version of me I would wear
You loved them all, yeah
And I didn’t fault you
Oooh,
I was hiding, buying moments, biding time
Tired of the lies
Oooh,
I was fighting for a way to feel alive
You opened up your door
And let me try
CHORUS:
You broke me apart and
Safe in your arms
I fell into the light
You were wrong for me, but oh, you did it right
A truth within
Tattooed on my skin
And written in my bones
I know
I can’t let it go
VERSE 2:
I didn’t know
Back then just how much I would go
Back to the old times
In the back of my mind
Searching for
A certain feeling from before
Your hand in mine
You said I’d be fine
Ooooh,
I was asking you for more than I deserved
You never said a word
Oooh,
I was taking, mad and breaking, I was hurt
And you helped me burn
CHORUS:
You broke me apart and
Safe in your arms
I fell into the light
You were wrong for me, but oh, you did it right
A truth within
Tattooed on my skin
And written in my bones
I know
I can’t let it go
Can't let it go
Never saw it coming, no
Something deeper than I knew
Oh I know I won't let it go
Can't let it go
challenge notes: Ryan Brickley (Beka's sister) is our guest vocalist coming in with harmonies at the first chorus.
VERSE 1:
Threads of your couch
The taste of your mouth
It always felt right
Never was mine
And you didn’t care
What version of me I would wear
You loved them all, yeah
And I didn’t fault you
Oooh,
I was hiding, buying moments, biding time
Tired of the lies
Oooh,
I was fighting for a way to feel alive
You opened up your door
And let me try
CHORUS:
You broke me apart and
Safe in your arms
I fell into the light
You were wrong for me, but oh, you did it right
A truth within
Tattooed on my skin
And written in my bones
I know
I can’t let it go
VERSE 2:
I didn’t know
Back then just how much I would go
Back to the old times
In the back of my mind
Searching for
A certain feeling from before
Your hand in mine
You said I’d be fine
Ooooh,
I was asking you for more than I deserved
You never said a word
Oooh,
I was taking, mad and breaking, I was hurt
And you helped me burn
CHORUS:
You broke me apart and
Safe in your arms
I fell into the light
You were wrong for me, but oh, you did it right
A truth within
Tattooed on my skin
And written in my bones
I know
I can’t let it go
Can't let it go
Never saw it coming, no
Something deeper than I knew
Oh I know I won't let it go
Can't let it go
- truth
- Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
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Re: Nur Ein XVII Round Three - Can't Let It Go
Can’t Let It Go
by Cavedwellers, feat. Aine
(music by Cavedwellers and Katie R.; lyrics by truth and Katie R.)
You keep telling me to hide but you’re all I know
You can stay here for tonight if we take it slow
Said you’re all up for the ride but I let it go
I let it go, yeah, I let it go
Once a face on a screen, now a friend IRL
One problem to make all aspects to gel
One secret to hide for now or for good
The moment has passed to nip this in the bud
No, I can’t undo anything that I’ve done
And I can’t let it go, the thing we’ve become
Ooh, you better hide
Ooh, stay here for tonight
Ooh, I’m all up for the ride
Let it go, Let it go
(You keep telling me to hide but you’re all I know
You can stay here for tonight if we take it slow
Said you’re all up for the ride but I let it go
I let it go yeah I let it go)
One thought in my mind, otherwise unaware
I couldn’t predict and couldn’t prepare
One life in the light and one in the dark
A dangerous game to play for a lark
But I can’t undo the thing that I’ve done
And I can’t let it go until I have won
Though I dread the aftermath
And I wrote my epitaph:
“Here lies another fool
Who knew the rules
But couldn’t help himself”
Well I can’t undo anything that I’ve done
And I can’t pretend that it’s all for fun
At the end of the day, if I’m not the one
I can’t let it go, the nothing I’ve won
by Cavedwellers, feat. Aine
(music by Cavedwellers and Katie R.; lyrics by truth and Katie R.)
Spoiler
We had a song going and asked Katie R. to do a harmony. As it turned out, she was inspired to write a new section on the spot. Truth rewrote the lyric around her new section and made her line one of a stack of harmonies before the second verse, though we liked how it sounded on its own in the introduction. Sadly, we were unable to get Katie’s lovely recording in time for inclusion in the submission, so Aine stepped in to sing the part Katie wrote last minute, using Apple earbuds and iOS garageband. What a hero!
You can stay here for tonight if we take it slow
Said you’re all up for the ride but I let it go
I let it go, yeah, I let it go
Once a face on a screen, now a friend IRL
One problem to make all aspects to gel
One secret to hide for now or for good
The moment has passed to nip this in the bud
No, I can’t undo anything that I’ve done
And I can’t let it go, the thing we’ve become
Ooh, you better hide
Ooh, stay here for tonight
Ooh, I’m all up for the ride
Let it go, Let it go
(You keep telling me to hide but you’re all I know
You can stay here for tonight if we take it slow
Said you’re all up for the ride but I let it go
I let it go yeah I let it go)
One thought in my mind, otherwise unaware
I couldn’t predict and couldn’t prepare
One life in the light and one in the dark
A dangerous game to play for a lark
But I can’t undo the thing that I’ve done
And I can’t let it go until I have won
Though I dread the aftermath
And I wrote my epitaph:
“Here lies another fool
Who knew the rules
But couldn’t help himself”
Well I can’t undo anything that I’ve done
And I can’t pretend that it’s all for fun
At the end of the day, if I’m not the one
I can’t let it go, the nothing I’ve won
- Geech
- Somebody Get Me A Doctor
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Re: Nur Ein XVII Round Three - Can't Let It Go
Can’t Let It Go
by Berkeley Social Scene
Featuring harmonies by Thanks for the Frisbee
This past winter hit me hard
The factory’s layoff left me scarred
Then I heard about this contest from a friend
And if they would draw my name
And give me a chance to stake my claim
Only a marine could stop me then
To be standing there as long as I can
May this hardbody truck go to the best man
You can’t let it go
You can’t let it go
Unlike most I knew
That the competition was cruel
And even the strongest all break down
But I came here to win
I’m a stamina wunderkind
And with God, family and friends all around
I’ll be standing there as long as I can
May this hardbody truck go to the best man
You can’t let it go
You can’t let it go
I haven’t slept for a day and a half
My body’s gone numb I can’t even laugh
My cerebrum’s fried, my thoughts they don’t think
There’s sand in my eye, it hurts when I blink
My swollen feet bleed out through my shoes
My brain’s now become a gelatinous ooze
Swarms of mosquitos in unbearable heat
This hardbody truck or the swill of defeat?
I’ve been standing here as long as I can
My wandering mind pulled away my left hand
I’m a heap of goo compared to how I began
This hardbody truck will go to the best man
You can’t let it go
(Keep your hand on the truck)
You can’t let it go
(Gotta Keep your hand on the truck)
by Berkeley Social Scene
Featuring harmonies by Thanks for the Frisbee
This past winter hit me hard
The factory’s layoff left me scarred
Then I heard about this contest from a friend
And if they would draw my name
And give me a chance to stake my claim
Only a marine could stop me then
To be standing there as long as I can
May this hardbody truck go to the best man
You can’t let it go
You can’t let it go
Unlike most I knew
That the competition was cruel
And even the strongest all break down
But I came here to win
I’m a stamina wunderkind
And with God, family and friends all around
I’ll be standing there as long as I can
May this hardbody truck go to the best man
You can’t let it go
You can’t let it go
I haven’t slept for a day and a half
My body’s gone numb I can’t even laugh
My cerebrum’s fried, my thoughts they don’t think
There’s sand in my eye, it hurts when I blink
My swollen feet bleed out through my shoes
My brain’s now become a gelatinous ooze
Swarms of mosquitos in unbearable heat
This hardbody truck or the swill of defeat?
I’ve been standing here as long as I can
My wandering mind pulled away my left hand
I’m a heap of goo compared to how I began
This hardbody truck will go to the best man
You can’t let it go
(Keep your hand on the truck)
You can’t let it go
(Gotta Keep your hand on the truck)
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Re: Nur Ein XVII Round Three - Can't Let It Go
Spoiler
Jeff Fal provided a harmony vocal for the prechorus, a unison vocal in the final chorus as well as a countermelody that has a harmony in that final chorus. Mark W provided 3 part harmonies of oohs and aahs in all choruses. Don't look at the metadata
Frayed threads of a heavy rope
Together we can cope
A sweet melody from a sour note
Let’s keep the party going
Let’s keep the good vibes flowing
Can't let it go - Hand in hand baby save the show
Can't let it go - I’ll be there when you’re feeling low
Can’t let it go - Head in the sand baby you don’t know
Can’t let it go - Take my hand when you’re feeling low
We won’t run out of steam
Neverending plots and schemes
Baby we’re quite the team
Everyday we’re living the dream
Let’s keep the party going
Let’s keep the good vibes flowing
Can't let it go - Hand in hand baby save the show
Can't let it go - I’ll be there when you’re feeling low
Can’t let it go - Head in the sand baby you don’t know
Can’t let it go - Take my hand when you’re feeling low
Your love is a warm summer sky
Lying in the grass feels like we’ll never die
I’ll carve your name in a heart shaped tattoo
Our love will be forever too
Can't let it go - Hand in hand baby save the show
Can't let it go - I’ll be there when you’re feeling low
Can’t let it go - Head in the sand baby you don’t know
Can’t let it go - Take my hand
- arby
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Re: Nur Ein XVII Round Three - Can't Let It Go
Can’t Let It Go (Virgo Power) (Shadow)
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, guess I'll go eat worms
All my life
people told me
I can't do the
thing I wanted most
All it did was
made me angry,
make me want it more
chorus:
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o,
you fool?
when they told me
I didn't listen
I'll never learn I guess
the only way I know
how to do things is out of spite
or so I'm told
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o,
you fool?
bridge:
my brain remembers everything bad said to me
ever since I was born or at least since 1983
and even though it’s not personal 98% of the time
someday I hope to forget it, maybe in my lifetime
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o,
you fool?
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, guess I'll go eat worms
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, guess I'll go eat worms
All my life
people told me
I can't do the
thing I wanted most
All it did was
made me angry,
make me want it more
chorus:
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o,
you fool?
when they told me
I didn't listen
I'll never learn I guess
the only way I know
how to do things is out of spite
or so I'm told
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o,
you fool?
bridge:
my brain remembers everything bad said to me
ever since I was born or at least since 1983
and even though it’s not personal 98% of the time
someday I hope to forget it, maybe in my lifetime
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o
why can't you let it go-o-o-o-o,
you fool?
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, guess I'll go eat worms
Spoiler
Backing vocals on chorus and ending noise collage by Ben Krieger. Thanks Kriegs!
"That organ is piercing my soul" - Adam Adamant
"Lo-fi doom rock isn't my bag at all. I'm trying to imagine this with professional production and played/sung perfectly and I don't think I'd like it much more." - furrypedro
"Lo-fi doom rock isn't my bag at all. I'm trying to imagine this with professional production and played/sung perfectly and I don't think I'd like it much more." - furrypedro
- BoffoYux
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Re: Nur Ein XVII Round Three - Can't Let It Go
Can't Let It Go
by Boffo Yux Dudes
Featuring guest vocalists Toni and Cal Morgan on Backing Vox!
(Setting: a cluttered house loaded with items strewn about.)
Please have a seat. Yeah there's a chair here somewhere under all these papers -
Yeah no just fine - ignore the mouse poop. Can I Get you something to drink?
I don't know if any of those glasses are clean.
Maybe in this box...
Verse:
Newspapers stacking up to the ceiling
Clothes all cover the floor
No room to stand up, so I’m kneeling
And yet I still want more
Chorus:
I can’t let go (of my things)
I can’t let go (they make my life tough)
I can’t let go (though it’s too much)
I can’t let go (it’s not enough)
Some people accuse me of hoarding
But that’s not how it be
You see junk, I see a second chance
A recycling opportunity
Chorus:
I can’t let go (though I want to)
I can’t let go (though it’s what I need)
I can’t let go (even though it’s a trap)
I can’t let go (I want to be free)
Won’t you give me a hand
This was never the plan for my life
I know you understand
So please do what you can
Because you know I count on you
Yes, it’s true
It all comes down to
Chorus:
I can’t let go (you’re the only one)
I can’t let go (who stuck by my side)
I can’t let go (You never gave me up)
I can’t let go (You always tried)
I may put on a show
But I’m no Marie Kondo as you can see
Help me open the door
Help me sweep up the floor
Clean me out so I can be free
Just you and me
Help us to be
Chorus:
I can’t let go (of all my albums)
I can’t let go (of all my books)
I can’t let go (can you see through the wasteland?)
I can’t let go (take a second look)
by Boffo Yux Dudes
Featuring guest vocalists Toni and Cal Morgan on Backing Vox!
(Setting: a cluttered house loaded with items strewn about.)
Please have a seat. Yeah there's a chair here somewhere under all these papers -
Yeah no just fine - ignore the mouse poop. Can I Get you something to drink?
I don't know if any of those glasses are clean.
Maybe in this box...
Verse:
Newspapers stacking up to the ceiling
Clothes all cover the floor
No room to stand up, so I’m kneeling
And yet I still want more
Chorus:
I can’t let go (of my things)
I can’t let go (they make my life tough)
I can’t let go (though it’s too much)
I can’t let go (it’s not enough)
Some people accuse me of hoarding
But that’s not how it be
You see junk, I see a second chance
A recycling opportunity
Chorus:
I can’t let go (though I want to)
I can’t let go (though it’s what I need)
I can’t let go (even though it’s a trap)
I can’t let go (I want to be free)
Won’t you give me a hand
This was never the plan for my life
I know you understand
So please do what you can
Because you know I count on you
Yes, it’s true
It all comes down to
Chorus:
I can’t let go (you’re the only one)
I can’t let go (who stuck by my side)
I can’t let go (You never gave me up)
I can’t let go (You always tried)
I may put on a show
But I’m no Marie Kondo as you can see
Help me open the door
Help me sweep up the floor
Clean me out so I can be free
Just you and me
Help us to be
Chorus:
I can’t let go (of all my albums)
I can’t let go (of all my books)
I can’t let go (can you see through the wasteland?)
I can’t let go (take a second look)
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- Push Comes to Shove
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Re: Nur Ein XVII Round Three - Can't Let It Go
Mandibles (shadow)
CAN'T LET IT GO
CH
I can’t let it go
Because you’re too beautiful
I can’t let it go
Because you’re in my soul
I can’t let it go
Because you’re so wonderful
I can’t let it go
Oh no no no…..
V1
Ever since you broke my heart, girl,
It’s felt like end of every parallel world
One bad day, and the rest went rotten
You ran off, the great ones forgotten
My buddies say I gotta get over you
My therapist thinks its the wise thing to do
And if I’m honest, I think so too,
How could I, when my love is so true?
CH
V2
A climbing class was your idea
And where you beckon I appear
The teacher said exactly what to do
So I never doubted I could hold on to you
Something slipped and you were dangling
And for dear life I held on, wrangling
The heavy weight of my actions and
The strength that such a scene demands
CH
BRIDGE
You were at the end of your rope and so was I
Swinging like a piñata in the sky
You fell down like a piano to the street
Mad as hell and red as a beet
V3
Ever since you broke my heart, girl,
It’s felt like end of every parallel world
One bad day, and the rest went rotten
You ran off, the great ones forgotten…
CH
CAN'T LET IT GO
CH
I can’t let it go
Because you’re too beautiful
I can’t let it go
Because you’re in my soul
I can’t let it go
Because you’re so wonderful
I can’t let it go
Oh no no no…..
V1
Ever since you broke my heart, girl,
It’s felt like end of every parallel world
One bad day, and the rest went rotten
You ran off, the great ones forgotten
My buddies say I gotta get over you
My therapist thinks its the wise thing to do
And if I’m honest, I think so too,
How could I, when my love is so true?
CH
V2
A climbing class was your idea
And where you beckon I appear
The teacher said exactly what to do
So I never doubted I could hold on to you
Something slipped and you were dangling
And for dear life I held on, wrangling
The heavy weight of my actions and
The strength that such a scene demands
CH
BRIDGE
You were at the end of your rope and so was I
Swinging like a piñata in the sky
You fell down like a piano to the street
Mad as hell and red as a beet
V3
Ever since you broke my heart, girl,
It’s felt like end of every parallel world
One bad day, and the rest went rotten
You ran off, the great ones forgotten…
CH
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