Orla Gartland
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demo 112: you can do
🕑 Added 2025-07-31 21:28:33 +0000 UTCSECRET DEMO CLUB ❤️🔥 happy last day of the month : ) where IS the summer going
i’ve just landed in Chicago, kicking off 3 weeks in the US starting with baby’s first US festival tomorrow (lollapalooooooza). I’m sleepy from the flight but excited to reunite with my darling band (who flew separately from london) and take down a big ol deep dish pizza tonight. Let the giant meals commence
this demo had a fun journey - you might recognise the first verse from a previous demo, one called ‘melodramatic’ from a few months back (you might also recognise the final line of the chorus from an even older demo - any ideas? POP QUIZ!). I wrote this chorus & realised after playing it while drumming that it had a similar groove to ‘melodramatic’.. a song where I loved the verse but didn’t love the chorus as much. so I mashed up that old verse with the new chorus & bridge and a frankenstein song was born. thematically it effortlessly worked; both sections an attempt to convey the giddy/heady/terrifying effects of a reciprocated crush.
I’ll be honest with you SDC, I like the song better than I like this demo of it. I wish I’d tracked it a touch faster and I couldn’t get the mix quite right.. but I committed to finishing it anyway.. a demo is a demo, I must remember and there’s always something to be learnt along the way. so perhaps there’s a future for the song itself but it might benefit from a fresh approach, be that totally different instrumentation or trusting a producer to rip it apart! fun to think about. some good news is that I’m loving playing drums more than ever and I can feel myself improving !!!
you can download the attached mp3 for keepsies or stream it within the patreon website or mobile app (where it can also be saved offline). as always your thoughts/feelings are welcome 😇 if you’re new here this month, thank you for signing up! SDC funds are really helping float the expenses of the tour i’m about to embark on here in the States - even though i’m between campaigns at the moment the difference your collective support makes is as tangible as ever.
thank you for everything, this month & always ❤️🔥
OG x
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lyrics:
see you
can do
whatever you want to me
just do it all honestly
look into my reflection
magic
people don’t understand it
when I’m with you I have it
so I scream it
out loud
we’ll never be as young
or as hot as we are right now
do you think that I’m melodramatic?
cause nothing I’m saying is automatic
it comes to me in a dream, I rehearse like a scene
overcooked, overthought, over you, over what?
my body feels like a gun being fired
I look at you and i’m up and i’m wired
it’s a kick on the can, it’s the way that i am
take it up with my parents
it’s their fault in fairness
what is your secret will you ever tell us?
make it look easy I’m honestly jealous
the two of us on the couch, in my head live it out
it might be common sense, it’s a lot, it’s intense
what do u mean I don’t know everything?
if I know nothing there’s no in between
no defender, soft centre
bring the walls down and surrender
you
can do
whatever you want to me
just do it all honestly
look into my reflection
magic
people don’t understand it
when I’m with you I have it
so I scream it
out loud
we’ll never be as young
or as hot as we are right now
so do u wanna go
back to mine instead?
if you’re gonna hurt me
the target’s on my head
i’m an ant inside the ashtray
crawling on your hand
living out my last day
at your every command
see you
can do
whatever you want to me
just do it all honestly
look into my reflection
magic
people don’t understand it
when I’m with you I have it
so I scream it
out loud
we’ll never be as young
or as hot as we are right now
Comments
Ezran
the melody on this is perfectly constructed to scritch my brain just right, love love love once again!!!
milo parker 🌟
loooooooove this. see you at your after-show tonight!
