Orla Gartland
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[writing something every day] day 1: atom bomb
🕑 Added 2025-12-01 19:05:30 +0000 UTCok SDC let's go: I'm writing something every day in december (up to christmas day). LET'S RUN THE TAP
day 1 turned out a little piano ditty. wanted something chordy, noodle-y. was thinking about how involuntary it is to give someone else power over you - be that a crush, a parent, a friend, an ex.. anyone. sometimes you blink and it's already happened past tense. they call the shots, you're powerless, boom
if I have a core image / mission statement for the song I've gotten into the habit recently of putting it at the top of the notes app page I'm writing lyrics on .. it tends to looks pretty manic but helps sometimes to keep me on track. for this I wrote 'HELL IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CONTROL ME' (giving tumblr 2012). it's like.. not a lyric that goes in the actual thing but the dumb /straight-up version of what I'm trying to convey in verse1?? stops me getting lost in the sauce when writing quickly
lyrics:
stamp on arrival
drink in the lobby
room full of people that
don’t wanna know me
they all seem to be fighting
man I hate the overhead lighting
you were the answer
that was the problem
all of the pressure built up like an atom bomb
(boom)
now i know what set it off
every part
of this body i’ve got
said not to give you the power
so i gave you the power !!
didn’t I
like w our demos, your feedback/thoughts + feelings are welcome on these ideas! if a memory is evoked, if you have an idea about where it could go next.. I'm all ears. also if you make things I highly recommend a challenge like this - call it whatever u like but learning to be less precious with creations is in my experience always a useful exercise.
I'm hoping to hit some kind of flow state this month.. maybe I'll uncover feelings I didn't even know I had? I'm open to it all, baby
love love to you all
OG xxxx
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Comments
Clarisse Grandadam
This feels to me like a family reunion after a funeral 🫣 “Drink in the lobby” would be the wake, “they all seem to be fighting” would be the so dreadful fights around succession and planning around the passing of a loved one.
Orla Gartland
GOOD LUCK! so exciting. you've got this
Smalledd
I will follow in your footsteps and write something every day! Been in a writing rut recently, I finished a script a couple of months ago and haven't been able to write anything since. I don't write songs but I will join in all the same! I'm absolutely rubbish at writing poems, but I enjoy the process of it nonetheless, so maybe I'll write a poem tonight.
