You still believe in me? (cover)

original by - bomb the music industry
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i came in from the storm
the television's on
celebrities enact
fictionalized tales, how could my boring life compete
i thought about the drugs
how i thought they fixed my head
till i was in the dark
rattling containers scribbling garbage to myself
i need constant attention
or else i'm gonna get distracted
but even if you tell me something
i can't guarantee i'm listening
i hear ba ba ba ba ba
i've never been in love
but i saw brian wilson once
i was drunk. i screamed too loud
over the falsetto in "you still believe in me"
and i thought about the way
his catastrophes made everything ok
till i watched the fire fade
former dayglow embers turned to ashy grays and blacks
one exhausted triple encore, unplugged bass around his neck
i know fires can last forever but i need to find a match
cause these days, fuck, i'm tired
i used to be an awesome listener
but now i just drift in and out or
get pulled away by beats and measures
like i don't have a choice but failure
and running from a brighter future
it's never take me back. never take me back
never take me back cause i'm not sorry
never take me back. never take me back
never take me back cause i'm not sorry
you would never take me back. never take me back
never take me back cause i'm not sorry
for all those times i ran away and wasted my vacation days
it's something i can't bring myself to say
i need constant attention
or else i'm gonna get distracted
but even if you tell me something
i can't guarantee i'm listening
and these days, fuck, i'm tired
i used to be an awesome listener
but now i just drift in and out or
get pulled away by beats and measures
like i don't have a choice but failure
and running from a brighter future
and all those times i ran away and wasted my vacation days
"i'm sorry" is something i can never say

[@ZachPetch]

This was nice. I, too, was randomly suggested this by youtube, but I'm glad it did. It was a bit tough to hear your voice over the guitar, but seems like the song has good bones.

[@lettuce9921]

Thank you for checking it out. I'm gonna keep trying to mess with sound quality. It's just a Bomb the music industry cover too so you can check out the original

[@ZachPetch]

@@lettuce9921 Ah, ok. Cool cool. Well, for what it's worth (if it helps), from my experience, I find guitars are consistently louder than voices, so if you're able to place the camera or mic higher up, so that it's closer to your mouth than the guitar, that itself might help with the sound. But depending on what you're using to record, that's obviously not always an easy thing to accomplish (and you don't want to risk it falling over if it's unstable or whatever).

[@lettuce9921]

@@ZachPetch hmm I've been trying that for a while, I might just try to raise the mic absurdly high and see what that does. I could also try singing way closer to the mic to improve the balance. I would just have to figure out how to avoid audio peaking in that case I think. I do think the biggest hurdle for these videos is figuring out a good recording setup. Thanks for the advice!

[@ZachPetch]

@@lettuce9921 My pleasure. Good luck with everything!

[@silkmoth9302]

Love your music, you're really skilled!!! Could I suggest you put the lyrics in the description or the comments? English is not my first language and I'd like to reed along as you sing :)

[@lettuce9921]

this one is just a cover of a Bomb the music industry song so you can check that out if you haven't. i updated the description for you anyway. if there are any others you would like lyrics for just let me know, i will do them for any new ones going forward i think

[@silkmoth9302]

@@lettuce9921 awesome, thanks so much ^^

[@sadbanana7272]

doing great 🛁

[@user-bo2bz5vq1h]

Fugg yeah, lettuce

[@joshbuie]

found you randomly through the side bar, keep it up champ we are all rooting for you no matter what :)
Get a new mic respectfully :)

[@sadbanana7272]

lmao

[@lettuce9921]

I tried actually doing some eq on this one too lol. Thank you