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Pen To Paper

from Lostfolk by Gaz Brookfield

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    Gaz's 6th studio album, Lostfolk.

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    Gaz's 6th studio album, on 180g translucent red 12" vinyl. Master lacquer cut at Abbey Road Studios.

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about

This is the song that started the ball rolling on this whole album. I hadn't written anything new in over a year, and was getting worried that I had exhausted all of my creativity reserves. Once this song was finished ,the rest kind of just poured out. So it had to make the album, didn't it?

lyrics

Oh it's a cardinal sin in songwriting
To write about just writing
But I'm in a drought, nothing's coming out
So I've given up fighting
I know it's not that bad an issue to have
Oh it's such a first world problem
And I know it's wrong, but here's another song
That might not make the album

And if you're getting bored, because it's only got two chords
And you're waiting for a chorus
Don't hold your breath, I've got nothing yet
Except an over used thesaurus
You see I've got the fear, because it's been a year
Since I last put pen to paper
And I hope I'm wrong, but what if this is my last song
That fear is even greater

Maybe a minor E, will add mystery
And a sense of sad reflection
But that minor key, is a trick you see
Just good old fashioned misdirection
So I'm going back to the chords I had
And contemplate the permutations
See I can't just turn it on, and bang out a song
I need to wait for inspiration

So if you can forgive or maybe just bear with
And we'll get through this together
Because it's just one song, and it won't take long
No it won't go on forever

credits

from Lostfolk, released October 1, 2019

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