acoustic intro test

[Roy]

It's funny because unless I'm mistaken those are just all the parts that are there without the drums/bass in the intro. It's funny how a mix can make a song feel busy or empty with the same instruments. I think it It does show there's a better song underneath the rlathersafe and bland traditional original version.

Yeah this mix is off but I do like the feeling of this version better in some ways. At least at first.

Sorry, I'm mostly angry that he uses the word 'eyes' twice in the second verse when 'sigh' could have replaced one of them. It's lazy and comes across as dismissive to the story and listener. It doesn't come across as passionate but 'good enough' I just got issues with this one and had to listen to it too much, is all.

Roy,
Funny you should take issue with some of the lyrics here. I do too, but not the same ones. Mine is with how much time he 'buys'. And more than that, he 'buys' it for himself and not for the we or the us. As a result, it gets a little self-serving and self-pitying when the opportunity to emphasize the 'we' in this context is lost even though it is supposedly about her or them. A few simple changes to the lyric would have been more effective at carrying the 'we' emotional sentiment. This is tearing them apart and not just how much he buys himself time with her. It is for them because that is what is truly being lost. OK. Rant over.

Yeah, I didn't want to go into it too much but why spend that same amount of time in the car ride? I understand the ritual but still. It doesn't extend anything. And yeah, even the doctor comes up to him and even talks to him directly "I'm sorry man..." I get the reality in a hospital can be weird and one person could be in treatment or testing and the doctor talks to the spouse but in the lyric it's weak. It feels weird.

You once mentioned to think about it like it's his dog and it almost makes more sense to look at it that way. I think the most emotional part of the song is the waltz time.