Lyrics
I do not know how to focus in separate times I didn’t think until the waves hit my feet And I fell asleep waiting to hear what you said But I couldn’t see anymore, all my persuasions were dead
Let it be said in this meaning I will treasure you For what you do when I’m bleeding In this life I will always, love you
For what it’s worth when I’m with you when I’m not there I’ll carry a light on just in case I disappear Life keeps throwing us trouble But with you I’ll fight this struggle We will beat this, when I am well We’re together, forever and all
You laughed when I left you too yourself You cannot see but you appreciate the state that my mind has gone You’re the one, and I know, because you can cope You take care of the slightest pain I have
I didn’t know what to say, when you Treated my wounds and my order to make it good again I’ll never repay you for all, that you do That’s never the question but the answer we all know is you
Background
My first song of 2023, after a bit of a dry patch. Bleeding is a love song about illness and care, and goes out to my amazing girlfriend.
It started as a rhythm guitar riff covering the first few bars. It’s a simple 12/8 motif that rises to the major third and gently steps down. It’s not dissimilar in harmony to two songs on the first Biffy Clyro album – Just Boy and 57. They all share the same key, and ’57’ has a similar motif on the major third, albeit in triplets, but ‘Just Boy’ has that 12/8 groove.
I didn’t purposely set out to impersonate Biffy (any more than I’m usually inclined to). The riff came to me when warming up on the guitar, and it follows a similar sound to a track I wrote in 2016 called ‘Infinity’. I’ve gigged ‘Infinity’ at open mics and I recorded a quick acoustic demo in lockdown.
The harmony is a simple tonic to the forth and back, with the a differentiating fifth played in the first inversion, using the C♯ as the root note for the chord. This blends nicely with the melody which lands on a E, making the top of the A major triad.
I’m very happy with this song and how it’s turning out. It took me a while to find its chorus, but when I did the whole thing clicked fairly quickly.
I like ballads. They work better at open mics. It’s quite hard to play songs that incorporate thrash and post-rock when it’s just you and an acoustic guitar. I will aim to write more soppy songs.
