The Dutch Widows - Pastel Purple Icing

from SpinTunes 18 Round 1 by Spintunes

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about

I decided that for this SpinTunes I was going to try to write songs in a completely different way to get myself somewhere uncomfortable, maybe making and using loops, avoiding rigid structures and not falling back on what I normally do. Not totally hit the mark with this, but I like it well enough. It comes from a pretty personal place, but imagined beyond my reality. Ten points to anyone that can work out what it’s about!

lyrics

Pastel purple icing and buttercream Annual traditions rip apart my seams Absent hearts do not break each year Ears reach for voices that they never hear
My featured centrepiece is always round A simpler waste of time cannot be found Placing forks and spoons on tiny plates Pastel purple icing is what I made
Christmas is wrecked and wracked with guilt A hundred dirty bottles that fell or spilled
A quiet festive season is nothing new
I’m dancing on a pin because of you
Pastel purple icing and buttercream Pastel purple icing and buttercream
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Pastel purple icing and buttercream sugar tipped candy squashed in between Flowered bell bottomed lost figurines The only thing missing is you
Celebrations fall in June each year
Too early to recall if that’s late or near
I dread the coming summer when the heat arrives Pastel purple icing melting me alive
Christmas is wrecked and wracked with guilt A hundred dirty bottles that fell or spilled
A quiet festive season is nothing new
I’m dancing on a pin because of you
I’m dancing on a pin because of you I’m dancing on a pin because of you All because of you

credits

from SpinTunes 18 Round 1, released October 4, 2021

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