I hit a chord accidentally.
Then I just start playing.
And I was playing this same chord with a moving bass line.
So I figured I'd start singing over it (this is how it always goes).
But when I started singing, the bass line changed.
I didn't mean to change it.
But these words were coming out of my mouth, and my fingers decided that it wasn't right to put them over that same line.
"That was the first time singin' the last time
You are the call to a calm calm water
We were the last, you were the last one to go
But it's not the sight of the sun that makes me sing low"
And I kind of know what it means.
But at the same time I have absolutely no idea.
So I sing it again.
And then I start playing other chords.
But it's my choice this time.
And I start singing other words.
But it's my choice this time.
And suddenly, the song can no longer be made.
I'm left with a verse that feels so perfect.
Where, because of how it came to me, I can't add to it.
Because that just wouldn't be right.
And I can't decide whether or not I like that.
But at least it felt good at the time.