A little song I wrote last week on the back of some ‘self development’.
As humans, some of us can spend a lot of time in our own heads, being out own worse critic, causing untold damage, missed opportunities and regret.
I suppose this is a song about just recognizing that inner critic, saying that I hear you but you can take the day off because I don’t need you to protect me or harm me today.
Just me and the guitar with a layer of harmony put over the back to give the impression of your inner voice inside of you.
Ten Rounds
Verse 1 - Got out of bed and fell out with your head
Going ten rounds with yourself
Begin to remember what you tried to forget
Going ten rounds with yourself
Chorus - Ten rounds with yourself
Ten rounds with yourself boy
Night times spent drinking to kill the regret
Ten rounds with yourself
Verse 2 - said you won’t choke but that promise you broke
Ten rounds with yourself
Said that you’d fight but you ran through the door
Ten rounds with yourself
Not like you can win, when you’re fighting a tree
Ten rounds with yourself
You know that you bruise but no one will see
Ten rounds with yourself
Verse 3 - Oft times before you end up on the floor
Ten rounds with yourself
This time is different, you’re taking no more
Ten rounds with yourself
You said that your sorry but your sorry no more
Ten rounds with yourself
Don’t need you to beat me, we both know the score
Lovely angst-filled beauty Dom!
You certainly do know the recipe to convey emotion… I listened & watched, then listened while following along with the lyrics & was full of a melancholy mood afterwards… really good song!!! Thank you for sharing!
It’s a funny one Tod. While I can get drawn into the melancholy with a lot of my songs, I feel this one has a little hope.
It’s born out of realization of reality and the hope of action to try take back some control over the thoughts. I’ll go three rounds and take a break if possible.
Hey @Blobbyblob. When i read the lyrics i thought “that 10 rounds with yourself lyric is repeated too much”. Then i listened to the song and realised i was talking nonsense! The repetition is what gets the feeling of the song across. Thanks for writing and sharing - great tune that many will relate to.
I love this
Well played & sung and all, and while the extra layer of vocals adds to production quality, I’m not sure the song actually needs it.
What really work for me are the lyrics. Loads of different, but valid interpretations from the obvious to the subtle.
Reading the title led me to instantly think it’s simply a song about too much gargle, but it works as a general ‘beating yourself up’ tune just as well.
I love the ran through the door ambiguity.
and it’s always great to see blobbyblob comments popping up on others’ AVOYPs-
a sure harbinger of another original soon to be shared
We need more folk using the site as you do.
Share your music, and share your thoughts on others’
Got back from Dublin last night and am already missing it!
It had always been my intention to mean 10 rounds in the boxing ring. It would be disingenuous to say there might be a cross over with going on the razz but it works there too. I find it best sometimes to let the listener find what they want in the lyrics rather than directing them down a specific path.
I’ll keep the fire lighting until you return brother Brian
and the lyrics, well, unfortunately a bit too recognizable… .but beautifully written… 
