Original Song | Shadows

This was written around variants upon C, D, and E. But that’s no fun, so they’re all crazy like Dadd9add11 or E7sus4, etc. This was one that I was just smiling and giggling like a tiny child the whole time I wrote it, because the guitar is so fun to play! The writing process was like a whimsical math problem with your fingers, and with extra creativity and exploration.

As I was playing the guitar and smiling like an idiot, I knew that the song was going to be caleld Shadows. From there, Plato asserted himself. Personally, I don’t typically agree with Plato’s philosophies, but I do appreciate a lot of Plato’s fundamental groundwork.

I am also quite taken with his noticeable absence within his own writings. We assume that we know Plato’s viewpoints from his allegories, but he was always very careful to stay out of his own work. I oftentimes wonder how much of it was posited arguendo or ironically. He never spoke with his own voice, and I feel like he told us something in his distinct silence.
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Bandcamp: https://aniegarner.bandcamp.com/track/shadows

Lyrics:
well i’ve been thinking too much
not feeling nearly enough
i’m finally calling my bluff
(going out of my mind)

and i’ve been talking to much
not listening nearly enough
don’t understand why it stuck
(going out tonight)

we’re all just shadows of what
we want to become
we’re all just shadows, and
i can’t see Past mine
we’re all just shadows of what
we hope to become
we’re alL just shadows, and
i’m going out of my mind

we’re creAted in forms
never fully informed
forever never was born
(going out of my mind)

we’re inhabiTing caves
never look at the flames
convinced we see everything
(gOing out toNight)

don’t keep your mInd closed
don’t leave your eyes closed
we live with the lights low
we’re all just shadows

we’re all just shadows of what
we want to beCome
we’re all just shadows, and
i can’t see past mine
we’re all just shadows of what
we hope to become
we’re all just shadows, and
i’m going out of my mind