My Comfy Chair
Firstly congratulations to John and Chris for winning the last challenge and for setting this Comfort/Disturb challenge.
My take on it is about sitting here in relative comfort and being concerned/disturbed about how many in this country and around the world have nothing and are exploited by Governments, Religions, Criminals etc.
I wrote this yesterday and this is a simple one take on my phone completely unplugged and with a couple of glitches, but I felt I wanted to capture it in it’s rawest state.
I will add lyrics in the comments section
My Comfy Chair
I sit in my comfy chair
Watching the news
Stories of human distress
What can we do?
Displaced by a changing world
They wander the globe
In search of a greater good
But where can they go?
They told them to follow
Believe in the light
All they gave them was false hope
And fed them with lies
Devestated by climate and war
Floods and Fires abound
Bombs explode in the name of a god
Shattered lives all around
Repeat chorus
Still here in my comfy chair
I feel so ashamed
What kind of world have we helped to evolve?
Is it all one big game?
Instrumental – as intro
The rich getting richer still
While the poor starve and bleed
Is there something out there for them?
Is there a sign to believe?
Repeat chorus
Outro – as intro
Interesting full piece that captures so much in a telling way, Huw! I liked your use of the storyteller singing about sitting in a comfy chair, fearing all the goings on and also questioning the world around them. That’s such a powerful, meaningful, revealing image, for, even though one may not be on the front lines of anything, fear, strife, and uncertainty is still a raging battle they must fight to survive, if even only just forever sitting in their comfy chair watching and wondering. Nice lyric performance, too, and accompanying guitar play!
Like it Huw. Some lovely guitar licks in amongst an immediate melody. The title suggests a “comfort” song but you deliver something different and angry which increases the effect.
No one could feel comfortable, sat in a chair, watching the news on television, as your sincere, dramatic song makes clear. A good song that holds the attention with some fine guitar work to add to its drama.
I identify with the lyrics of this song very much. Nice guitaring. Like it.
Good one Huw. I like the rawness of the recording – it works.
Excellent Huw. Loved the guitar work. Intros worked just great.
Belted the vocals out! Always love that. Tidy! 😁👍☮️🌻
A very relatable song, great lyrics, enjoyed listening 😃
A heartfelt performance & impressive guitar accompaniment, Huw. Your song captures the sense of helplessness & guilt so many of feel in the face of the tragedies we see everyday in the world around us. Disturbing indeed.
Thank you fir listening andcommenting @anniemarshall
Cheers @dream-rabbit
Love the melody and your guitar as always. What a world we live in these days
Brilliant Huw, loved it.
Looking forward to hearing this at an open mic soon Huw. Enjoyed the angry but tuneful rant.