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Here So Far

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Thanks so much to Francisco Quintero for providing the Sax solo at the end!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgYM...
You can get the Full EP "Here So Far" FREE here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zbzen5qroljs222/AAAvi68x5Vk6rlV3m_M2faMha?dl=0


Its basically just 4 songs that I made inbetween albums.


lyrics:
I drew a line
that I won't cross unless I go there
I broke my leg
to walk again I must repair


still i wake up in the morning smiling
tell myself that it will all work out
or just denial, all the same
you get me up when the sun starts shining
but I can't see the light
and never has the world felt so plain


but I'm here so far
so far
but I'm here
I'm still here so far
so far
but I'm here
if that means anything


These are the days I need you most
I need you now
I need to not be afraid of life
to learn from mistakes
to reach out, how do I reach out


falling away to lose myself
to pass the time
to be my last light of hope
a shimmering light that has burned out
why has it burned out?


where am I know?
what should I be and
should I be this?
the golden key
that they all seem to find is lost


shoot for the moon
they never said you need a rocket
go live your dreams
they never said dreams can be stolen


but I'm here so far
so far
but I'm here
I'm still here so far
so far
but I'm here
if that means anything


And we all just wanna do what we love
but reality just dosen't work that way
life demands you to stay awake
life demands you to pay


The world has other plans for you and me
so let's fight to break free
but you need the system to stay alive
so put away those silly dreams


colors of the rainbow fade away
to much spent on waiting for the rain
never did I think to bother
never did I know just how it works
but now its to late for me


out in the open now I stand
passing through me like
a virus I feel it in my lungs
every time I come here
closer to home I get
so take all the time you need

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I take it you actually broke your leg? It's amazing what inspires people to get creative. Hope it gets better with time if that is the case.

Great vocals, the melodies and chorus lines made me think of a way better version of Coldplay. Oh, and that saxophone at the end was just divine like a slice of chocolate gateaux after dinner.

Kinda reminiscent of older prog rock bands from the 70s. It shows the scene is still alive and kicking. ;)

It was exceptionally well thought out and I enjoyed the journey.

One little thing though - I would like to hear it with better production like real drums.

Thumbs up from me! (y)

FoxiFyer responds:

Thanks! no I didnt actually break my leg, its basically a metaphor for starting over I guess :P
the song itself is about feeling like youve done so much and gone through so much, and like, theres no pay off, like where is the silver lining?

unfortunatly getting real drums is probly out of the question for now. after all it's just me, a guitar, a yeti mic and mixcraft 7. I did hire the saxophone player from Fiverr, but unfortunatly having the entire song done on real drums would be way to expensive for me. consider anything that I make for "Anemia" demo material :P

edit: and the prog rock scene is still alive and kicking, you just gotta look hard, steven wilson just came out with a new album, AirBag is a very underrated band, and Porcupine Tree has a very great catologue of music, Haken is a very good band as well

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Uploaded
Oct 24, 2017
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Genre
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12 min 49 sec

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