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* '''origin''': the first line of the chorus came to me in a dream, with music, around 3am on 2019-09-18. | * '''origin''': the first line of the chorus came to me in a dream, with music, around 3am on 2019-09-18. I had it about 75% written within half an hour or so, then had to keep it all in my head for ~4 hours until I could get up and write it down. | ||
* '''music''': starts in D major; beat is 4:2:3:3 | * '''music''': starts in D major; beat is 4:<u>2</u>:3:(2? 3?) @ <u>66 bpm</u> | ||
** I ''think'' maybe the verses are 4:3:2:2 and the choruses are 4:3:2:3, but I'll have to listen more closely. | |||
==Words== | ==Words== | ||
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<poem> | <poem> | ||
I'm hell on wheels | I'm | ||
in hell on wheels | |||
just because | |||
you're not riding here by my side | you're not riding here by my side | ||
but you were right | but you were right | ||
you would have hated this ride | that you would have hated this ride | ||
the road signs are full of lies | the road signs are full of lies | ||
twisted lines tangled you up inside. | |||
Chorus: | Chorus: | ||
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:I'll... be... an angel | :I'll... be... an angel | ||
:Without you by my side, | :Without you by my side, | ||
:it can | :it can hardly get worse. | ||
:There's a few things coming down | :There's a few things coming down | ||
:before it's time to leave this town | :before it's time to leave this town | ||
:and check out of | :and check out of this Motel Universe. | ||
</poem> | |||
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<poem> | |||
Can't we please please turn around | Can't we please please turn around | ||
Every minute I | Every minute I ride takes me further away from your smile | ||
But I know... I'll be at the end in awhile | But I know... | ||
I can't hear your voice | I'll be at the end in awhile | ||
I can't even hear your voice | |||
Over all this motor noise | Over all this motor noise | ||
But | But I guess I made that choice. | ||
My world ended the day | ''(instrumental verse-part)'' | ||
that we parted ways | I see your loving face | ||
Smiling down on me from that place | |||
I hope all of these wrong turns take me there | |||
My world ended the day that we parted ways | |||
and you saw it was your time to fly | and you saw it was your time to fly | ||
so | so here I am | ||
'til we're ghost riders up in the sky | |||
The early morning sun | The early morning sun | ||
brings a light when the night is done | brings a light when the night is done | ||
and it's time to face another one. | and it's time to face another one. | ||
''[chorus]'' | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:00, 30 August 2024
- origin: the first line of the chorus came to me in a dream, with music, around 3am on 2019-09-18. I had it about 75% written within half an hour or so, then had to keep it all in my head for ~4 hours until I could get up and write it down.
- music: starts in D major; beat is 4:2:3:(2? 3?) @ 66 bpm
- I think maybe the verses are 4:3:2:2 and the choruses are 4:3:2:3, but I'll have to listen more closely.
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Can't we please please turn around |