The assignment this week comes from DD:
"Working as fast as we do, we concentrate on craft but don’t always have the time to try to tap into anything particularly deep and personal. Let’s change that this week. I’d like for you to try to express something honest and authentic about who you are and how you feel or what you believe this week. Doesn’t have to be deeply autobiographical or confessional; you can talk about how much you love ice cream, if you’d like. But if something were to happen to you next week, god forbid, and this was the last song you were to write, let it be said that this one communicated something authentic about who you are at this point in time."
A song about how hard it is for me to play my songs for just a few people, particularly those that I'm closest to.
lyrics
Look away, look away
I've got some things I need to say
Some notes I want to play
I'm not sure if you'll like it
Right away, I'm amazed
Learn to roll through the days
Did you notice the many ways
I try to hide it
And the nighttime rolls around
It's hard to make a sound
It's hard to make a sound
For an audience of one
Look away, look away
I've got some things I need to say
Some notes I want to play
I'm not sure if you'll like it
Right away, I'm amazed
Learn to roll through the days
Did you notice the many ways
I try to hide it
And the nighttime rolls around
It's hard to make a sound
It's hard to make a sound
For an audience of one
And the nighttime rolls around
It's hard to turn around
It's hard to turn around
Once you've begun
It's not exactly shyness
It's not exactly fear
It's the same crazy feeling that's plagued me for years
It's not exactly whispers
It's not exactly tears
It's not remotely that I don't want you to hear
And the nighttime rolls around
It's hard to make a sound
It's hard to make a sound
For an audience of one
And the nighttime rolls around
It's hard to turn around
It's hard to turn around
Once you've begun
This posthumous record by the lead singer of the Tragically Hip, containing both electric & acoustic takes, showcases his songwriting gifts. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 12, 2020