since you've been gone 20100212

This Valentine’s Day, sing this song to your SO and there’s a good chance they’ll turn into your ex.

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Oy. About 6 hours of work:
1.5 hours to write the lyrics/melody first thing in the morning
1.5 hours figuring out the harmonic progression and laying down scratch vocals (they’re always scratch aren’t they)
3 hours for patches and PLOsives

And don’t talk to me about damper pedals. It took me probably about 10-30 minutes to diagnose this feedback loop on one of the synths. Turns out there was leftover damper pedal info from when it was on the piano’s track.

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Since you’ve been gone
I’ve been dancing all alone
In my underwear
Cause I’m the only one at home

It’s a cruel cruel thing
When you leave me here like this
Got the fridge all to myself
This is heaven; this is bliss

If only I had known
I could’ve chucked you years ago
You call me on the phone
I’ll say I miss you
But please don’t come home

Cause now it’s mine mine mine
My house my rules
This time it’s all about me
No more suffering fools
I’m sorry did I insult your friends
That kind of cruel
Maybe you don’t see they’re moronic
Cause baby, so are you

Since you’ve been gone
I’ve been hanging with my ladies
We’ve been talking ’bout
How you always were so shady

It’s a cruel cruel thing
That I ever fell for you
But now I can see so clearly
This is over; we are through

If only I had known
I could’ve chucked you yesterday
You called me on the phone
I should’ve said it’s been swell, but
Please go away

[chorus]

This is the time
This is the place
To tell you right now
To get the f*ck out of my face

It’s these feelings that you
Awaken in me
But now that you’re gone
It’s just so O M F G

[chorus]