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U​-​Turn

from The Timebomb by Saint and Kings

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I was using the tools under "The Muse" section of the February Album Writing Month site at fawm dot-org.

When I called up a "plot spline," it suggested: “Write a song in third person ("he/she/it") in which the main character is narrating a story. the story takes place in the past, and the scene is a specific place."

When I asked for a "struxxure," it gave me “verse-verse-chorus-verse-chorus"

When I asked for a "lyricloud," I got these words: “child fact feeds fine full guaranteed heard invader items left lies peace pinball rites sapped self-made senses small soul space sugar thrills unformed vacuum void years”

Out of the words generated by its "titular" title generator, I liked the words “just fly” best out of “please, angry lookout,” "reunited of growing sick,” "swim it to the patch,” "whirling for grey,” "u-turn of our maggots,” "goat in your cuckoo,” "bittersweet on the grandma,” "wreckoning gut (lightning),” "attitudes, slings,” "just fly,” "as the oyster changes,” "what ain't cut,” "turn light ideas,” "hardcore orgy,” "if i woke reminder,” "latest yo,” "treat this inertia (travelin' 49),” "gonnan alabama (land),” "forever destroy” and "wild me” although I could’ve gone with “whirling for grey,” “what ain’t cut,” “hardcore orgy” or “wild me"

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She was a real space invader, down from the void above
Tending cells with a softer sell of light and food and love

Few sugar feeds are guaranteed peace over millions of years
Senses start small and slow before suddenly shifting gears

Were we self-made out of soul,
or just a left turn in time torrential?
Have we played our pinball out?
Will we ever live up to potential?
Are we gonna burn or will we U-turn?

Thrills, items and rites distract us from surrounding vacuum
Child, consider how full and fine are the lies that lead to doom

Were we self-made out of soul,
or just a left turn in time torrential?
Have we played our pinball out?
Will we ever live up to potential?
Are we gonna burn or will we U-turn?

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from The Timebomb, released March 15, 2020

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Saint and Kings San Pablo, California

I’m a singer-songwriter using guitars and keyboards to craft distinctive dispatches from intimate interiors, vast exteriors and all points in between. Drawing on years of pop, soul, indie, folk and dance-music fandom, I try to turn observations and narratives into succinct sonic snapshots. ... more

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