The Ones You Trust #SongForSong
Chamber pop with folk influences. Features a prominent string quartet consisting of violins, viola, and cello, alongside a fingerpicked acoustic guitar and a clean electric guitar. Percussion includes a kick drum, snare, and tambourine. Vocals are a duet between a mezzo-soprano female and a baritone male, often harmonizing in thirds. The arrangement uses pizzicato strings in the verses and soaring legato lines in the choruses. Tempo is 120 BPM in 4/4 time, key of G major. The bridge features a dramatic vocal crescendo with staccato string accents.
The Ones You Trust #SongForSong
Chamber pop with folk influences. Features a prominent string quartet consisting of violins, viola, and cello, alongside a fingerpicked acoustic guitar and a clean electric guitar. Percussion includes a kick drum, snare, and tambourine. Vocals are a duet between a mezzo-soprano female and a baritone male, often harmonizing in thirds. The arrangement uses pizzicato strings in the verses and soaring legato lines in the choruses. Tempo is 120 BPM in 4/4 time, key of G major. The bridge features a dramatic vocal crescendo with staccato string accents.
Lyrics
This song started with an exchange. A friend - @allmankind - sent me a song he loved. I sent one back. We made a simple agreement - each of us would write something inspired by what we received.
I got Tears for Fears. "Badman's Song." And this is what came out of it. Not a copy, not a tribute - just a door that opened somewhere I hadn't been before. That's what someone else's music can do when you really listen to it.
Try it with someone. Pick a song that means something to you. Send it. See what comes back. The results might surprise you too.
#SongForSong 🖤🎵
I watched you build your altar out of lies
With steady hands and warm familiar eyes
You spoke of love like saints speak of the light
And no one saw the darkness you held tight
The ones who smile the widest hide the most
You were the room I trusted like a ghost
These are the ones you trust
The ones who turn you to dust
Who wear your faith like a crown
And slowly pull you down
These are the ones you love
Who pull when they say push
Dressed in the skin of the good
And rotten underneath the wood
I heard your name in rooms you never knew
The things they said were colored black and blue
You gave them years, you gave them all your grace
They sold it back for something commonplace
The quiet ones are loudest when you're gone
They write your story wrong and carry on
These are the ones you trust
The ones who turn you to dust
Who wear your faith like a crown
And slowly pull you down
These are the ones you love
Who pull when they say push
Dressed in the skin of the good
And rotten underneath the wood
Not every wound comes bleeding from a blade
Some come in kindness, carefully displayed
You can't unsee the face behind the face
Once you have stood inside that hollow place
Can you forgive what you cannot forget
Can you release what hasn't released you yet
These are the ones you trust
The ones who turn you to dust
Who wear your faith like a crown
And slowly pull you down
These are the ones you love
Who pull when they say push
Dressed in the skin of the good
And rotten underneath the wood
And you still light a candle for them
God help you, you still light a candle for them