Control Yourself

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This is my first Song Fight! entry in over two years, and the first one for which I wrote my own lyrics in over two and a half years. Yay! After I posted a daydream about a fight schedule that would include two weekends in every fight, JB made a comment about schedules and bad titles and other complaints being poor excuses for not finishing songs. He said something along the lines of "If you want to do it, you're going to do it." That reminder provided me with a little extra motivation. The reviews were all very positive, and I got another third place finish with 10 votes (none of which were mine). My favorites from the fight were:

Lyrics

Feeling tired and uninspired as
Soft spots grow where calluses have been

While the dust gathers on your
strings and keys, it's never been this bad before

chorus
but you'll make your comeback some day
when you nurse your muse back to health
isn't it obvious?
all you have to do
is control yourself

All you write are parts in
fits and starts, never connecting the lines

While the dead ones slip
right through your grip and you wonder about your mind

chorus

This is it one last attempt
it will ruin you if you don't try

if for no one else than for yourself
to prove you're not wasting your time

chorus
chorus

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Two acoustic guitar tracks, one bass track, one lead electric guitar, some programmed shaker and tambourine, one main vocal track, one harmony vocal track.