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Behind the Song
I was walking off some angry feelings when the sunset blew me away. I thought “how pink that sky looks … now it’s purple … almost like it was smacked by the sun.”
I jotted down a few lines about the sky getting slapped and the sun fleeing in shame. I wasn’t sure what to do with it, so those lines sat waiting on a page in my song journal.
About three months later, I coaxed those lines into a song. It developed into a playful tune about someone brooding over their feelings, unable to see the beauty around them. I added some bluesey-sounding chords to give it a slight melancholy feel.
Lyrics
Sun slaps Sky turns a bright red deepens into purple now that Sun has fled. Sky can't bare to be all alone creaking and leaking a whistling moan. Cry, Sky, cry cry, Sky, cry when I see the sunset I know I'm gonna die I know I'm gonna die Moon climbs up sees Sky's frown 'Why, I don't see a single silver cloud around.' But Sky don't hear or he wants to ignore hissing while missing that shining shore. Cry, Sky, cry cry, Sky, cry when I see the sunset I know I'm gonna die I know I'm gonna die Moon goes to bed Stars turn on winking and blinking their billion-year-old song. But Sky don't see the flickering lights cursing the long and pitiless night. Cry, Sky, cry cry, Sky, cry when I see the sunset I know I'm gonna die I know I'm gonna die Stars wink away roosters crow calling forth a new dawn's rosy glow. Sun smiles wide to Sky's delight bathing all the earth in a golden light. Cry, Sky, cry cry, Sky, cry when I see the sunrise I know that I'm alive I know that I'm alive
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