Also in Blue - Mr. Alarm

from SpinTunes 17 Round 3 by Spintunes

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It took a little while to crack this one, but overall I’m happy with how it turned out. I hope you like what you hear. Here’s a list of the palindromes I used, in no particular order:

1) Title of the song (letter-unit palindrome)
2) The lyric is a line-unit palindrome, flipping around the solo section in the middle
3) The repeating guitar lick is a musical palindrome (all eighth notes: GDCBBCDG FAGFEDCB BCDEFGAF GDCBBCDG)
4) The primary chord loop is a musical palindrome -
| G | F C | C F | G |
5) BPM = 151

lyrics

It is 5 am
All over again
By the side of the bed
There stands Mr. Alarm

As you’re trying to rest
He is lying in wait
With his hands on a bell
With a smile on his face

As You lie dreaming of a brighter day
He stands there counting, and the minutes tick away.
A noisy reminder that good things end
Take comfort in the countdown
It’s morning again

(SOLOS)

It’s morning again
Take comfort in the countdown
A noisy reminder that good things end
He stands there counting, and the minutes tick away.
As You lie dreaming of a brighter day

With a smile on his face
With his hands on a bell
He is lying in wait
As you’re trying to rest

There stands Mr. Alarm
By the side of the bed
All over again
It is 5 am

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from SpinTunes 17 Round 3, released April 12, 2021

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