2025 Competition Entry:
Positivity by Matthew Caleb Flamm
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Genre
Rock
Artist
Co-writer(s)
no
Performer(s)
Myself (on everything).
Description
Written in about 10 minutes in a flourish of emotion.
Bio
I have written songs for 30+ years, and performed live in and around the Rockford Illinois region for 25 years. I have appeared on WNIJ “Sessions from Studio A” both as a solo artist (https://www.northernpublicradio.org/arts/2018-08-30/sessions-from-studio-a-matthew-caleb-flamm ) and with my band Monark (https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2022-07-14/sessions-from-studio-a-monark ). I have hundreds of releases on my Bandcamp site, including my 2018 LP Digital and Vinyl release “Reservations” (https://matthewcaleb.bandcamp.com/album/reservations ).
Lyrics
POSITIVITY
By Matthew Caleb Flamm
don’t try to
say anything to me
cuz I’m
livid as I can be
there’s something wrong with
your positivity
I know I’m negative as hell
prone to depression as well
and just to add this one more thing
I don’t like to
sing those pretty songs that people sing
just cuz they’re scared of the dark
i don’t wanna be a lover with a paper heart
covered with a question mark
making you wonder all the same
whether this thing’s a game
I don’t like to sing those pretty songs
that people sing
so they can hide from the dark
I don’t wanna be a painter with horsehair brush
colors clean and edges flush
making you wonder what I feel
whether this thing is real
(Repeat opening to end)
By Matthew Caleb Flamm
don’t try to
say anything to me
cuz I’m
livid as I can be
there’s something wrong with
your positivity
I know I’m negative as hell
prone to depression as well
and just to add this one more thing
I don’t like to
sing those pretty songs that people sing
just cuz they’re scared of the dark
i don’t wanna be a lover with a paper heart
covered with a question mark
making you wonder all the same
whether this thing’s a game
I don’t like to sing those pretty songs
that people sing
so they can hide from the dark
I don’t wanna be a painter with horsehair brush
colors clean and edges flush
making you wonder what I feel
whether this thing is real
(Repeat opening to end)
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