[shadowfax]

Hi, this song is about whatever it brings to mind...

https://soundcloud.com/knmac/end-game-by-knmac

when the rain will fall from on high,
the mountains will begin to cry,
then the thunder echos across the sky,

through the forest green with life,
across the waving meadows of fire,
I could never believe you'd take me higher

this world will know when we are gone,
and start to grow with natures song,
with miles to go before we sleep,
how could we know were in too deep.

facing the end game with nowhere to go,
bathing in sunshine that helps us to grow,
creating solutions to things we don't know,
fighting a future we can't overthrow.

drifting through a cloud scape of  schemes,
gliding with a mind full of dreams,
nothing is ever the way that it seems,©KNmac

Best, Kevin

[Sunduta]

Beautiful voice and lyrics well supported by angry guitars and dynamic drums. That part with acoustic guitar really shines. This song definitely has depth, well done

[Bill Saunders]

As ever your voice lifts the song, I find myself sitting up and taking notice, and the production is top class. I especially like the lyrics which as you infer could mean different things to different folks - a great technique and not easy to pull off.

That said, my feeling was that the song didn't really go anywhere. I was expecting it to burst into life, just as you took it down a peg with "this world will know when we are gone..." I felt that the 3.30 could be part of a much longer extended peice of music, if that makes sense!

[shadowfax]

@Jibbek  @Bill Saunders

thanks for the kind comments guys...

Bill, this was a six minute long song but I'm ever mindful of peeps taking time to listen and feel that expecting said peeps to listen to a track 6 mins and more is maybe a bit too much...so I try to keep em short..ish

[Bill Saunders]

@Jibbek  @Bill Saunders

Bill, this was a six minute long song but I'm ever mindful of peeps taking time to listen and feel that expecting said peeps to listen to a track 6 mins and more is maybe a bit too much...so I try to keep em short..ish

Ha ha, I get that Kevin!

[PaulyX]

I really like the moments at 30 secs and 2:30 where things 'kick in' on this one.  The guitar riff that opens it is deceptively simple but effective too.  Very nice production (as ever...).  Yep maybe there's an elusive big belting chorus that could be added too, but there was also a subtlety about the current arrangement.

[MichaelA]

I like that deep reverb guitar and its riffing and your voice has a great tone to it, fab, and sits really well in the production.

I think I am with the comments above that think a big chorus is somehow needed. These two lines:

drifting through a cloud scape of  schemes,
gliding with a mind full of dreams,

...could easily be repeated to provide that chorus. It's so nearly a great song, just a little something missing. And sorry, I know you aren't exactly getting advice from the master of subtlety here! 

[Skub]

Yo Kev.

I really dig that intro and conclusion leading into the track.

There is a good mix of light and shade right up until the 2.30 mark. After that My ears wished for a change/a little surprise of some sort,just to take it to another level. Having said that,it may not work anyway,but that was my thinking on first listen.

Overall it's classy and memorable,so I wouldn't want to those either of those with any other changes.

[Cawproductions]

Hi Shadowfax.

Really nice track and mix, good contrast of guitars and acoustics.

Clean vocal, nice and wide mix, good lows,

Thumbs up here dude.

[redrhodie]

Love the guitar intro. I like the way it builds up, and settles back down. Feels like a motorcycle ride. Oh, it just suddenly ended. Haha. That felt kinda weird. I see that it was edited down to make it shorter, but I would have kept listening. In my opinion, people are going to stop listening if they're bored or don't like it, so I'm not going to worry about making it into some acceptable length for them. Their headphones are not glued to their ears. Haha. But it was atmospheric and your vocals were great. Too short, though. 😊

[PaulAds]

Great production, Kev...and a really good song too.

Loved the stoppy bits...they sounded great and provided a nice contrast/surprise.

Very high quality all the way.

[diademgrove]

Hi Kevin,

reminded me of the 1980s meeting the 1960s in a very good way.

My only suggestion would be to make the cut after the "way it seems". That seemed to be the perfect point to make the cut marrying the music with the lyric.

I wouldn't have a problem listening to a much longer song. I'm intrigued to hear what the full version sounds like. Any chance of posting it?

Keith

[rightly]

Well done Kevin.
Reading the title, I, of course, associated your offering with the new, pompous marvel flick.
I read through the lyrics and enjoyed them.
They struck me as apocalyptic. 
Production is top notch, as is often the case with you.
The guitars throughout, especially the acoustic is excellent.
Thanks for sharing.