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Still Learning

by Muskellunge

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We have two ways of writing songs: John brings in a song with music (often bass and drum ideas) and I add the melody and lyrics, or I bring in basic guitar, melody and lyrics, then John adds guitar, structure input, and Eric and Ben write their parts as we mess around with it in the practice space. For this one, John brought in the guitar, bass, and the catchy drum beat. I wrote the melody and lyrics. In this song, the lyrics express the struggle of not being able to be honest about who you are and what you want and need in a romantic relationship and in a band. I was frustrated because it seemed so simple, but I just couldn’t seem to break out of the old gender roles. Trying to find a way out of the role playing, but failing, is evident in the lyrics. For example, “to be kind, to be sweet, I need these lines before I leave”; “can you still see my soul?”; and “unspoken jewels I carry with me” (referring to my truth). “A second too late” means I always figured out only later what I should have said or done. This song is one of the last ones we wrote before breaking up–some of the lyrics show what I was struggling with there.

lyrics

Lyrics Reba Fritz

Wake you up to walk me out, a sleepless stranger in your house. And a thief.
Unspoken jewels I carry with me. A lie to say I’m doing fine, a lie to claim an open mind.
Want to know want to ask can you still see my soul? It’s changing daily now and does it show? To be kind, to be sweet, do I need these lines before I leave.
I have fallen I have tried, I have seen it from both sides, and I have learned to love you.
It’s in a second and can you hear can you lie can you still see your soul?
Through the night and through the day that you know.
A lie to say I’m doing fine a lie to claim and open mind.
I have fallen I have tried, I have seen it from both sides, and I have learned to love you. I have fallen I have tried. I have seen it from both sides, and I tried to find you, to remind you.
You know I’ve seen worse. To hear your lines and do you mean it.
The fear is gone but it won’t be long before you need it.
I have fallen I have tried, I have seen it from both sides and I have learned to love you. In a mess, in a state, and a second too late, I am hear in your mind and all over the place, and I tried to find you, to remind you, this is the truth.

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released September 17, 2021
Vocals, guitar Reba Fritz
Guitar, piano John Crozier
Bass Ben Boyd
Drums Bryan Hanna

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Muskellunge Minneapolis, Minnesota

Noise Pop masters from Minneapolis. Pretty noise.

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