Hey there,
Here I am again !
The weather was rather melancholic today. As it was pouring outside and the wind kept pounding against the walls and on the rooftops… I decided to record a song that kind of matched the melancholic though upset weather conditions. It’s an intimate, cosy song.
The song’s called: “Things Happen”.
For a while it was titled: “Salome’s song”. I actually wrote it for a (swiss) friend of mine: Salome. A while ago she and I were talking. She was telling me how she barely slept at night and how she lost a lot of weight in a few days due to the separation from her best friend. Her story touched me. I immediately picked up my guitar and wrote a song about missing someone so dearly. The song was written from the perspective she’s in. I approached it that way to try and show her my take on it. “What if I was in her shoes…” you know?
My feeling powerless to console her inspired me as well to finish this song.
To end in a quote I once picked up somewhere (tell me if you know who it’s from, please):
“I write sad songs, but singing them makes me happy.”
I hope that works for the people listening to them as well. If you can relate to a song, you know you’re not alone.
Hope you like it!
See you soon,
B.
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