Days Of Discontent

...is the new song I've uploaded to my Myspace player. I say "new" but it's actually been available before as a live outake from the OnFusion show from September last year. The new recording is more as I intended the song to to be originally, a slower pace and more of a happy-sad song feeling. I wrote the song in August 2008 and it reflects stuff in my life at the time perfectly, I remember writing the tune after listening to the beatles for a day or two, and the lyrics just fell into place naturally, really nice and easy. For the recording I ended up whistling a little tune similar to the lyric melody, initially just as a guide for another instrument, but it grew on me so I left it. Looking back I think the song marks a turning point in my song writing, it definitely feels more connected to the songs from last year's demo then the material I've written since. Depending on the feedback I'll consider local radios for some airplay, it's a difficult song/recording for me to rate as it's really grown on me, we'll see... Martin Uvgärd recorded the harmonica licks, cheers mate.

Last gig we tried a full band version of the song, more in tune with my latest material, didn't sound bad, might be the direction to go...

- Days of Discontent live @ OnFusion 2008 - photo Mariana B.Camacho -

days of discontent

these days of discontent have left my head full of flies
buzzin' round, upside down, like drunken satellites
with every word I say, the answer gets less clear
the mirror shouts out to myself “what are you doing here?”
and I say hey... hey...

monday morning's grey sky suits my current mood just fine
i’m dozing against the window on my bus at ten to 9
“just another day” says the old man by my side
but my head, my heart and other parts need rest and a good time
and I say hey...

these days'll soon be gone
these days will soon be gone
these days will soon be... gone like the snow in spring
and words that once meant everything to me

I'm busy at my local stretching long in to the night
but how much alcohol to get my thoughts and feelings right?
what else can I do? I'm on the bar floor on my back...
just wishing you would waltz right in and set me back on track
but I say hey...

these days'll soon be gone
these days will soon be gone
these days will soon be... gone like the snow in spring
and words that once meant everything to me

I pull my hair quite often, just to see if I'm still there
as hobbies go it might seem dull, but I just can't seem to care
I've tried everything else, time and time again
and it's the best I've come across in these days of discontent

these days'll soon be gone
these days will soon be gone
these days will soon be... gone like the snow in spring
and words that once meant everything to me

just a little song
for days like these

- Copywrite S.P.A. - Dieter Pereira 2009 -