I Couldn't Write That (So I Composed Something Else)

from Since Pangaea by David Lee

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$0.50 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

Got an itty bitty song in my head
Got an empty paper and a confused pen
Can't write it down, can't dictate it
Can't get it out despite inspiration
I meant to write it as a testament true
I meant to write it for one such as you
I meant to write it but I can't find a start
I meant to write it but it's suddenly so hard

It was a love song that didn't involve me or you
It was a love song that took a Shakespearian cue
It would've been easy if I knew Shakespeare more
But I'm not an educated playwright hailing from Oxford
Unless you go to Oxford to study something else
Then I guess I need a new excuse for myself
I could claim it's a trivial and useless anciently outdated piece
But then you'd just get angry at a notion that I don't really believe

I can listen to all the right songs
To help me focus on what I want
To develop an art to entertain you
Something superficial and overused
I guess in my lyricist's block I wrote something else
A song that I'll probably have shelved
Like a record mogul owning an artist's soul
Who doesn't find the art too marketable
Or maybe I'll find a use for it and find a place
I guess I can save it for a rainy day
I guess I can save it for a rainy day
I guess I can save it for a rainy day

credits

from Since Pangaea, released June 22, 2010

license

some rights reserved

about

David Lee Boston, Massachusetts

shows

May 25

Mars Music Hall

Huntsville, AL

contact / help

Contact David Lee

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like David Lee, you may also like:

The Nightmare Gosifur pt 3
by Adrian Sood

In Adrian Snood’s songs, soulful vocals and slow-moving alt-pop swirl together to create something distinctly moving. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 1, 2023
go to album
Tokyo Bay/Crying Inside
by Nick Lowe

The first new release from Nick Lowe in 5 years includes two originals and two rollicking covers. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 6, 2018
go to album
So Serious
by TIFFY

Tender indie rock from Boston artist Tiffy, with pillowy synths and heavenly vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 3, 2023
go to album
Waving To My Girl
by Winten

A hushed and low-lit EP from this Melbourne musician, where dreamlike melodies drift across a bed of tender guitar. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 19, 2023
go to album
YTI⅃AƎЯ
by Bill Callahan

Callahan’s latest both comforts and unnerves. Bandcamp Album of the Day Oct 18, 2022
go to album
Heartless Call
by Delujn

A rubbery bassline and a bounding rhythm track propels this earworm dance track from B.C. act Delujn. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 8, 2022
go to album
Awaken
by Caoilfhionn Rose

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 28, 2018
go to album