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A song about autumn in quarantine, and how I always try (and sometimes succeed in) re-creating the careless, spooky Halloween energy from my youth.

lyrics

[SOUND EFFECTS: A MATCH IS LIT, A CHEESEY MONSTER CACKLE IS HEARD, AND THE CRACKLING OF A BONFIRE SOUNDS IN THE BACKGROUND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SONG]

I'm trying really hard to find the softness hidden in hard times
pickin' out a melody while sipping coffee, stitchin' up the rhymes
knitting up the sweater that I started (and then set aside) last year
pressing all the buttons in the Halloween departments,
letting tinny cackles drown out all the fear
[CHEESEY SPOOKY CACKLE SOUND EFFECT]

(chorus:)
we might not get to trick-or-treat,
but there's still sunset walks and pies to eat!
take my hand, we'll stay aloft
there's still hope for being autumn-soft!

BoO0Ooo...BoO0Ooo...BoO0Ooo...
[CREAKING DOOR SOUND EFFECT]

Candy corn is filling up the shelves of every shop in my small town
sprinkle cinnamon into my coffee, galaxies of gold and brown
blankets on the floor for scary movies,
warm the shivers down your spine
[CHEESEY SPOOKY CACKLE / "I KNOW WHO YOU ARE" GHOULISH VOICE SOUND EFFECT]

wishing I could rewind time...
wishing I could spare a dime...
hoping that a better autumn waits for us,
beyond this ever-mounting climb...
but feeling that we might still end up fine...

(chorus:)
we might not get to trick-or-treat,
but there's still sunset walks and pies to eat!
take my hand, we'll stay aloft
there's still hope for being autumn-soft!

BoO0Ooo...BoO0Ooo...BoO0Ooo...

[THE CRACKLE OF THE MATCH'S FIRE, THEN THE SOFT SOUND OF THE MATCH BEING BLOWN OUT]

credits

from m e s s y - a quarantine EP, released October 1, 2020
written and performed by Salem Corwin.

spooky cackles / voices courtesy of an old "scary Halloween telephone" toy from years of Targets past.

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Salem Corwin New York

🎃 He/Him 🎃
I'm a soft 'lil Jewish actor/songwriter from the Hudson Valley of NY.
Learn more about my music, acting, and general queer shenanigans at corwinsb01.wixsite.com/salemcorwin !

profile & cover photo were taken by Hannah Corwin.
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