Hello forum friends,
This is not my usual kind of output, but I'm trying to experiment a bit and keep up some momentum on songwriting again.
This is a short, simple, slow track called "(A Song About How Little I Know About) Aethelred the Unready".
For the non-Brits, Aethelred was a not-particularly well known English King from about 1000 years ago. For some reason I was thinking about his name the other day and realised I have no idea why he is called "the Unready"... his nickname is all I know about him, and it felt kinda harsh that he's been labelled that way, when we have other Kings called things like "Richard the Lionheart", "William the Conqueror", or "Alfred the Great". He must be really bummed out to be called "The Unready". And that got me thinking about how history might remember us for our bad days... for misjudged tweets or things we did in our youths, that we might never live down.
Well, any song that needs that much explanation is probably way too contrived! But any comments welcome.
Ta v much
Pauly
Lyrics:
Oh King Aethelred did you have a bad day? When history anointed you with that sobriquet
Did you sleep in a little late? Take too long to gel your hair?
Maybe misread the invite, but posterity's a bitch and just don't care.
Among the lionhearts, the conquerors and greats
Aethelred forever runs a little late.
Some fall between the cogs of time and some must bear the pain
Of a thousand years of labels with no chance to explain.
So will we be remembered, if remembered ever
For the days we let the side down not the days we managed to keep it all together?
Among the lionhearts, the conquerors and greats
Aethelred forever runs a little late.