Originally Posted by dcuny
Hi, Noel.

The vocals are especially nice. Semi-sad lyrics, but with the positive spin that's your trademark.

You're doing that asymmetrical thing with the meter, which disregards my lazy expectations and makes me actually have to pay attention. laugh

I enjoyed it!
Hi David.

It's good to see you. Thanks for picking up on the asymmetrical thing. Although the word 'asymmetrical' never occurred to me, it's the best word. I tend to work with Pat Pattison's idea of 'balanced versus unbalanced'. I've done that in two ways (mostly) with this song. Firstly, I have a number of lyric phrases that begin after beat 1 and secondly, I have two bars of 2/4 in an otherwise 4/4 song – one bar at the end of the opening chorus, and the second bar as the penultimate bar in verse 1 (this is probably the bar that interferes with musical 'symmetry' the most, I suspect). I've heard the song so many times now that I can't appreciate how this strategy feels to a listener. I crossed my fingers and hoped it would be okay.

Thanks for listening and passing on your thoughts. I appreciate it.
--Noel

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