Liner Notes:

Tuning EAEEBE Capo +2

And now for something… moderately different.

Ever watch a tragedy unfolding and feel helpless to do anything but watch? This song is for you.

This was written in about an hour and I did it as a single live take, so forgive some of the performance foibles. It’s FAWM after all.

Lyrics:

Like a gut punch
out of a clear blue sky
I’m doubled over
and still can’t cry

Like a bomb shell
that blows out a hole
sorrow’s shrapnel
that cuts into my soul

A falling Hindenburg
a Titanic’s last gasp
And a way to save the day
is just beyond my grasp

(chorus)
You can’t stop the landslide
when your standing on the hill
just hang on for dear life
until all the land is still

Like a corkscrew
pulls the stopper from my heart
drains out all inside
till the bottle falls apart

Like an ice cube
that freezes you inside
frozen from the moment
I watched you start to hide

We all get dirty sometimes
when the mud sweeps us away
But bruises also tell us
there will be another day

When the house is on fire
and all that’s left is watch it burn
The best thing that you can do
is to live and learn