From the recording FAWM 2024
Song skirmish, one hour write and record challenge within FAWM to the prompt "I'm someone who exists"
I started about 5 minutes late, had the lyrics done in about 12 minutes, chords in another 5, but it took more than a page on my legal pad, so most of my time was spent typing it into my tablet so I could easily record it. The recording is a simple one track vocal/guitar one take demo which left me with 3 minutes. Finalizing the recording and uploading has me about ten minutes over, minus the 5 for late start, just over 60 minutes. Close enough for government work.
Lyrics
I'm someone
Who exists in your rear view mirror
Still wondering
If you're ever returning
Time rolls on
I'm just here waiting on you
I'm someone
Who exists in your old photographs
I think back on
All the good times that we had
I can't let go
Still holding on to the past
And the love that we had
The moments we shared
All the dreams that we made
Came to an end
When you walked out
Now these four walls
Are all that I have
To remind me of us
Am I someone
Who's more than a stray passing thought
Do you miss us
Would you even answer if I called
Is your life better
Are you happy wherever you are?
Without the love that we had
The moments we shared
All of the dreams that we made
They came to an end
When you walked out
Now these four walls
Are all that I have
To remind me of us
My friends say change is overdue
But I can't get over losing you
Tore my heart out
Didn't look back
But that's something that I can't accept
I can't learn to let you go
Let go of what we had
The moments we shared
All of the dreams that we made
Came to an end
Watched you walk out
Of these four walls
And all we had
That reminds me of us