Jughead from Insomniac by Brandon Brooks
I started this project knowing that by the end I would be tapped out musically (my skills are in songwriting and singing, not playing instruments), so I decided to get a song in a non-standard time signature out of the way. Also knowing how I work, I intentionally made this a love song, because most songs that I do in different times are proggy, moody, or experimental.
Here I wrote a syncopated, dance-y love song in 5/4 that evolves into a pretty outro in 6/8. The goal was achieved; it's sweet and positive with a cool rhythm that doesn't even feel like it's non-standard, at least in my opinion.
Here is also where I had to learn to just "let it go" when it came to the lyrics. The literal path to the creation of this song as a concept was as follows: I want a song in 5/4. 1954. In the show Lost, there is a hydrogen bomb called Jughead that existed in 1954. Jughead will be the name of the song. Jughead from Archie is a fool with a plastic crown. That sounds cool. Make it a love story. Moving on.
Yeah, that sounds a little crazy, but I knew this project was going to take a lot out of me, and it was not worth it to get stuck on the lyrics or themes. They came naturally, whereas the next song would not.
Tracklist
| 3. | Jughead | 3:14 |
Lyrics
Verse:
I found a little box
Of all the things that we couldn't have,
All those photographs
Lost to time.
It's been a beautiful life,
And you know I don't wanna let you go,
But it's our story,
We'll be just fine.
Out of our minds,
But never feeling like we're out of step,
Swaying to the rhythm again,
Until the lights go out.
I'll follow you forever,
That's what I'm supposed to do.
I'm just a fool,
In a plastic crown.
Chorus:
Wrapped in indecision,
Regrets tied up into a bow,
You're the dark and winding road,
And the path ahead that takes me home.
The flowers and the poems,
For every single life we left behind,
They make me wanna sing,
You're the only thing that I got right.
Outro:
Let's slow dance tonight,
And I don't care,
We can stay here for forever.
Forever.
If we don't get far,
Then we'll get there together.
If we don't get far,
We still got each other.
Right through the night,
And into the morning,
With you.
