Don't Wake Up The Monster

Sometimes it is very difficult to find a suitable style for a song. I made the original version of this song in 2017, it was a rock-oriented arrangement, but it never felt right, something was missing, some excitement perhaps.

Luckily I have BIAB, it is so easy to test different styles and instruments that you get lost in all the possibilities smile So after having fun with different choices, from the tens of alternatives, I came up with this more bluesy arrangement. Although I still feel that it is not perfect yet, I think it is more interesting with instruments creating monster habitat-like atmosphere. I'm open to any suggestions, what you think would be a good style or instrument for this song smile

In the original version, I was experimenting by singing a counter-melody for the one which Miira is singing, but it didn't work well, so here I'm singing only the main melody in the chorus. Maybe I'll try with the counter-melody idea again later.

RealDrums: BossaLewis1, DjembeKeitaEv8, CongaEv16
Loop: Thunder_Storm 2
RealTracks:
Acoustic bass #711
Acoustic piano #887
Electric piano #2194
Tuba #1792
Cello #3267
Vibes #1215
HornSection #2346
Electric guitars #2904, #2826
Electric guitar solo #3201 (built with multiriff)

Vocals: Miira & Janne

Mixed in Cakewalk by Bandlab

Lyrics:

Move silently, sneak, watch your step
don't cross the line between virtue and vice
don't take risks, don't be venturesome
if you can't pay the price.

We don't have the willpower
to harness the roaring might
we are not prepared
to see the beast alight
when it's hard to say no
to the thrills of the night
just don't wake up the monster
until the time is right.

Speak quietly, don't test your luck with the
'loudest whisper ever' paradox
even the passion in our words
can open Pandora's box.

[Chorus]

Danger lurked in the wilderness
outside the safe and decent track
when we took a step on the foul path
we knew there wasn't coming back.

[Solo]

Too much too soon, not once a tiny pet
we should have raised it in a sheltered nest
before we opened the gates of bliss
where it’s now a savage guest.

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Janne

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