TASTE THE COLOURS
Well done to Chris and to John in winning the Childhood Memories challenge (both great songs) and thanks for the very interesting idea you’ve come up with for this month’s challenge. My song deals with the disturbing condition of synaesthesia, and I’m hoping that the last couple of verses suggest an element of comfort.
Take a breath, walk through the door
You’ve never been in here before
You may be fine but you can’t be sure
Inside your head there’s civil war
You can taste the colours, and you can hear the ground
You can touch the flavours and you can smell the sounds
A disconnect is in the air
Disjointed comments everywhere
People laugh and cry and swear
And no-one seems to have a care
You can taste the colours, and you can hear the ground
You can touch the flavours and you can smell the sounds
A hundred ringtones you can hear
And fractured images appear
Nothing’s obvious, nothing’s clear
The overload fills you with fear
You can taste the colours, and you can hear the ground
You can touch the flavours and you can smell the sounds
I‘d like to take you far away
Where you can find your place one day
It might be plain and it might be grey
But you will surely want to stay
You can taste the colours, and you can hear the ground
You can touch the flavours and you can smell the sounds
I’ll take you where the heather grows
Where life is simple, life is slow
We’re going where the night sky glows
And you can rest in sweet repose
Really love this Paul. Hypnotic guitar phrase and superb lyric. Well done.
Nice guitar and a good insight into this condition, excellent Paul
You made me smile on a rainy day Paul. Thank you mate😁👍
That is really good Paul. The lyrics are excellent and the guitar arrangement is uplifting and suit the words so well. Do I recognise a bit of Jean Bosco Mwenda’s Masanga in that opening guitar break?
Great song, really enjoyed it and the guitar is beautiful.
Ooh yes! Delightful, Paul. Outstanding guitar accompaniment once again that suits your lyrics beautifully. I had to smile when I read John Davies’ comment about Jean Bosco Mwenda’s Masanga. You weave his motif beautifully into your song. It’s stuck in my head now 😊🎶. Synaesthesia is an unusual theme but it must be both disorienting & uncomfortable to process the world so differently.
I had to look Synaesthesia up! I sometimes think in colours when I hear music or certain words but I imagine it was be very overwhelming when it’s in extreme.Sensory overload! Really pretty tune and love the chord shifts.
I loved that, Paul great lyrics and that guitar – well, love it!
Beautiful guitar playing and vocals that contrast so well with the disturbance and disorientation of the condition. Fits the brief very well!
Classic lines in this one, Paul, that so cleverly and tenderly describe such a condition with genuineness and meaningful revelation. Golden is: “You may be fine but you can’t be sure Inside your head there’s civil war” and how well you built on that early line to bring about such a teaching song of sorts.
Reminds me of West African Kora in the sound of the song, but at the same time it could sit alongside an Oliver Postgate animation too. As you can tell, I found it very evocative, which is appropriate given the subject of the song. Good work
Nice Paul. Love the guitar work. Played it twice.
Love that guitar work (as usual) Paul. Great lyric. I didn’t know what synaesthesia was, so Mr Google helped me out. I have learned something new today. Thank you
Nice song, with really nice playing and a good melody.
That is really clever writing Paul and lovely guitar work too.
This is lovely Paul. It’s been said already but I’ll say it anyway – that guitar part is wonderful. With the lyric I think this one of my favourites from you.
Brilliant Paul. That light lyrical guitar phrasing is just divine.
Really enjoyed that Paul