Little Blue, pt. I

from Pianola by ampersandman

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This is one idea I had flying around for longer: a song about depression in children, a phenomenon I came across in my studies of psychology. And since that gives me an excuse to make sad saaad music, there had to a part 2.
I tried recording that vague sonic idea of that drum loop at the beginning back in 2018, but that effort yielded a strange Industrial track which I didn't like so much. With this one I'm much closer.

At the 1:00 mark you can hear my phone go off while I recorded the acoustic guitar.

lyrics

Here comes little blue
she doesn’t wanna talk to you
She won’t talk to anyone
Just says, leave me alone

Sing her a lullaby, rest her mind
Little blue is always feeling down
Sing her a lullaby, seek a smile
Little blue is never having fun

Little blue got a coloring book
Look at all the colors she took
She’d paint the pages black and grey
Called it ‚just an average day‘

Sing her a lullaby, get us by
Little blue is always feeling down
Sing her a lullaby, broken child
Little blue is never having fun

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from Pianola, released January 22, 2023

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I put my pants on just like the rest of you -- one leg at a time. Except, once my pants are on, I make songs that no one cares about.

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