Top Of The Tree - Demo - with home made vintage chocolate tin three string strummer

http://bemuzic.bandcamp.com/
Bit of a mid life crisis song, about getting older and stuff : -/...the music's quite upbeat though!.
I'm playing my vintage chocolate tin strummer, which can be seen better on this vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-TgxtJ5yWK0

LYRICS

The sun comes UP, the sun goes DOWN,
and everything is changing all the time.

I breath IN, I breath OUT.
Now you're not here and nothing is the same.

I FILL my glass. I EMPTY it.
We all drink more since you are not around.

You were HERE, then you were GONE,
and I'm still trying hard to understand.

I was YOUNG, now I'm OLD,
and I am at the top of the tree.
Don't wannna be on top of the tree.
Not ready for the top of the tree!!

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Comment by smilingdog1 on December 14, 2012 at 3:41am

Painfully true.  I think I'm feeling younger or is it acting younger, I don't know memories fading.

Comment by bemuzic on December 14, 2012 at 12:35am

thanks Spike, spot on, and yeah it's scary : -/

Comment by bemuzic on December 14, 2012 at 12:34am

thanks Wes, great memory though,nooooo!! I have to play something over and over and over and over to learn it, then still often make mistakes!

Comment by Spike on December 14, 2012 at 12:33am

Boy, I can identify with this one ....... it's about losing parents in mid-life, yes? Suddenly finding that WE are the older generation and that there's no-one left "at the top of the tree". No "elders" to offer us words of wisdom - WE have become the "elders"! Scary, innit? (Went through the same experience myself 4 years back.)

 

Another great number Be - and the harp adds a suitably melancholy glow.

Comment by bemuzic on December 13, 2012 at 11:03pm

thanks Thomas

thanks Calim...I seem to remember when I first got my loop pedal I didn't do much with it, then picked it up again some months later and really got into it. Give it another go sometime : -)

thanks Joel, for the lupines and kind comments..think I can pass for younger in a low light, or if filmed without hi def!!

Comment by Sharecropper on December 13, 2012 at 4:28pm

 A bouquet of lupines for you and your looper  , Bemuzic !  Bravo !      For what it's worth I would of never guessed your age to be what you admit .    So ..........  Cheer up !!!!!!   That lack of sun in the UK may be depressing but it's great for your skin !  ha!ha!           Cheers .

Comment by Calim on December 13, 2012 at 1:39pm

great song , and you sure know how to use this looper in a good way ! (reminds me that i got one too i gave up trying to use)

like the harp at the ending too!

Comment by Thomas "Duck" Petry on December 13, 2012 at 1:16pm

Peter Pan is a good role model. :)>

Comment by bemuzic on December 13, 2012 at 9:58am

thanks FatBoy, ha yeah it's always 5 o' clock here! (the ticking interferes with the music)

thanks Thomas, yeah exactly, I've managed to avoid growing up so far : -)

Comment by Thomas "Duck" Petry on December 13, 2012 at 8:47am

WOW! That's a awesome cut Be. Love the way you build on the melody, that one is high on my playlist. Don't worry about getting older, it beats the heck out of the alternative.

Growing older may be mandatory, but growing UP is optional. Enjoy the option.

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