NUR EIN
almost 6 years agoshadow
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Challenge

Use exactly two instruments (plus vocals) to create your song.

Chupacabra
miscellaneous owl (shadow)

Robbie didn't work out, and neither did John
So I keep just trying harder, and time keeps ticking on
That nightmare's back, of being chased by a train
All bones and steam and death, and I can't get away
If I had a husband, and if I had a child,
Maybe the train would pass me by
Or slow down for a while
All the men I kissed at parties
All the old and wistful flames
They all amount to nothing
But time gone down the drain

I see the fear in their eyes
That they'll lie down with lust
End up like a goat sucked dry
Am I the pretty face in the mirror
Or the face of their fear run wild
Chupacabra
The spines on my back rise and puncture the skin
Chupacabra
I want what I want, I know what I am:
A monster to men

I see children in the playground
I feel it in my chest
I wish I could tear it open
And let the wishing take a rest
But the train's so close behind me
And I can't catch my breath
So I try to catch the eye
Of all those lonely, hungry men

I see the fear in their eyes
That they'll lie down with lust
End up like a goat sucked dry
Am I the pretty face in the mirror
Or the face of their fear run wild
Chupacabra
The spines on my back rise and puncture the skin
Chupacabra
I want what I want, I know what I am:
A monster to men

I draw close to the goat staked out among the trees
Stroke the hardness of his horns and listen to him breathe
Just beneath his skin, his blood pulses hot
So I lean in and open my jaws

I see the fear in their eyes
That they'll lie down with lust
End up like a goat sucked dry
Am I the pretty face in the mirror
Or the face of their fear run wild
Chupacabra
The spines on my back rise and puncture the skin
Chupacabra
I want what I want, I know what I am:
A monster to men

owl

Forum post

I did this the afternoon/evening the songs were due--I spent roughly 50% of the time writing, another 40% of the time attempting to record the palm-muted guitar part and cursing how bad I am at palm muting, and the remaining 10% doing everything else. 0% picking appropriate instrumentation, mixing, adding instrumental interest, etc. I think it probably sounded better before I added the bass in, oops, but I had no time to experiment further. Additional liner notes I forgot earlier: Robbie and John are the first two guys the Species kills in her attempts to mate with humans, I believe she pokes her tongue through the back of Robbie’s head and smothers John with a tentacle while they’re getting naughty in a swimming pool. Also, she gives birth by opening her chest (much like in Alien, but she can close it back up afterwards).