Now by David Sparrow
"Anyone who has been in a band knows that it takes a lot of work. It's like a relationship with not just one other person, but maybe 2 or 3 other people. 'Now' is what happened to someone who started a band and was unceremoniously kicked out via social media.
It's a comment on our growing detachment from each other when difficult issues come up that should be discussed instead of just reacted to."
- David Sparrow
Tracklist
| 1. | Now | 2:52 |
Lyrics
I can’t believe a single thing I see or hear on TV
In truth is truth but maybe not, only if you believe me
Don’t think the prophets wrote the answer on the fucking Facebook wall
It’s not in neon, just in blue and white so you can see
All the opinions of your friends and of your enemies
Can’t tell exactly when this house of cards will really start to fall
Turn it off please
And get to know me
No better time than now
I’m so distracted by the flashing lights surrounding me
Cacophony of sound so loud that I don’t try to speak
So I sedate myself to try to keep from bouncing off the walls
I wish that it was just black and white so I could see
All of the lies and every bit of the hypocrisy
But I don’t think that I believe in happy endings after all
Turn it off please
And get to know me
No better time than now
Born in the advent and the swell of this technology
Not sure what I’m supposed to be or not supposed to be
If I don’t make it big I’m gonna drown myself in alcohol
I’ll put it out there on
a pedestal so all can see
Attempt to read between the lines of this reality
Keep my fingers crossed that we just don’t forgetify it all
Turn it off please
And get to know me
No better time than now
Turn it off please
And get to know me
No better time
than now
Credits
Written by David Warren Sparrow
Produced & Engineered by KC Ellis at The Dojo
Strings:
Kateryna Mytrofanova - arrangement, cello
Alexey Zavgorodniy - violin, viola.
License
All rights reserved.
David Sparrow's natural penchant for melody and song craft has permeated the local Los Angeles and greater Maryland music communities for the past fifteen years. In March 2019, Beggars and Choosers was released as his debut solo record. B&C represents a capstone of David’s time in LA. The music swells back and forth between tones of optimism, melancholy, romanticism, and confessional openness.