
Strat1958
Late-blooming songwriter!
I wrote this back in October (duh) and it was my first songwriting effort. I used the imagery of the ever-changing October skies as a metaphor for how relationships change over time.
The slide guitar solo near the end was meant to convey both emotional pain and hope for the future...I tried a bunch of different solos before deciding on this one. I like how it sounds choked and restrained.
Anyway, have a listen, and I hope you enjoy it.
OCTOBER SKY
© 2008 by Mike Pilling
Remember when I said I loved you?
Remember when, so long ago?
Remember that it was October?
The misty days, the fire’s glow
The years go by, it’s complicated
The push, the pull, things come and go
Remember so many Octobers?
The ups, the downs, the highs and lows?
[CH]
And here we are, survivors on a long and twisting road
We change ourselves like the October sky, and help to carry each other’s load
Sometimes the sky is gloomy
Other times a crystal blue
The skies of all of those Octobers
Reflect the times of me and you
And now I look at you with wonder
Baby it’s been quite a ride
I’ve never lived such an October
We’ve come right out the other side
[CH]
And here we are, survivors on a long and twisting road
We change ourselves like the October sky, and help to carry each other’s load
SOLO
CHORUS 2X
FADE
The slide guitar solo near the end was meant to convey both emotional pain and hope for the future...I tried a bunch of different solos before deciding on this one. I like how it sounds choked and restrained.
Anyway, have a listen, and I hope you enjoy it.
OCTOBER SKY
© 2008 by Mike Pilling
Remember when I said I loved you?
Remember when, so long ago?
Remember that it was October?
The misty days, the fire’s glow
The years go by, it’s complicated
The push, the pull, things come and go
Remember so many Octobers?
The ups, the downs, the highs and lows?
[CH]
And here we are, survivors on a long and twisting road
We change ourselves like the October sky, and help to carry each other’s load
Sometimes the sky is gloomy
Other times a crystal blue
The skies of all of those Octobers
Reflect the times of me and you
And now I look at you with wonder
Baby it’s been quite a ride
I’ve never lived such an October
We’ve come right out the other side
[CH]
And here we are, survivors on a long and twisting road
We change ourselves like the October sky, and help to carry each other’s load
SOLO
CHORUS 2X
FADE
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