hi!! today i will be sharing two brand new songs, and here is the first one! this song is called 'jane', and it was written to be the 11th track of the deluxe edition of 'talk of the town'! i wrote in a previous project all the reasons why that didn't end up happening and why both songs will only be released on scratch and not on streaming services, so check that project out if you are curious! ---> https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1163575815 anyway, about the actual song, this song is about a girl named jane who truly believes that exists to be a background character in other people's lives. throughout the song, she talks about how unremarkable, boring, and ignored she thinks she is, which is obviously very sad. i purposely made lots of elements in the actual song reflect her feelings about herself, for example the chords are super basic chords, i played the song (i'm pretty sure xD) without a capo so it is as regular as possible, there are less harmonies than i might usually do, and even the thumbnail is just white rather than a fun, bright color. however, the saddest part in my opinion is that jane isn't as "plain" as she thinks she is. if you notice through the song, there are multiple points where there are little riffs or 3 part-harmonies, or the whole overlapping voices at the end, all are supposed to represent how interesting jane is, even though she doesn't realize it herself (i hope this makes sense haha) i got the idea for this song from seeing a clip from charlie brown. the one i am thinking of is one of the saddest monologues i've ever heard, but the original clip has like happy upbeat music behind it???? anyway, the clip is of peppermint patty talking to linus about how she met the red-haired girl (charlie brown's crush) and peppermint patty is comparing herself to the girl and feels horrible about herself. it is just absolutely heartbreaking, so i felt inclined to sort of pay homage to that monologue in this song. even though it isn't completely based off peppermint patty, it is definitely where i got the inspiration from. that being said, i have created an additional version of this song with the audio from the clip included at the end of the song! if you want to hear that verison, you can either listen to it inside of the project, or you can press space or click the screen! as always, you can press 1 to speed the song up, or 2 to slow it down. don't forget to check out the other song released today! i think you will really enjoy it! ----- all written, sung, and performed by me <33 lyrics + chords: (c) (em) (c) (em) (c) if i were a wall i’d be the paint that chipped off (em) don’t remember im here, don’t even know if i’m not (am) forever ignored (f) never gave it a (c) thought (c) if i were a page id be a blank at the back (em) just taking up space after the story’s gone black (am) never noticed by one (f) never favored over the (c) pack (c) and if i were the glass on the side of a church (em) i’d be stained from which light could never re-emerge (am) out of sight and of mind (f) for i’m not what they have (c) searched (c) if i were a song id be the same melody (em) repeating until it makes your head want to bleed (am) there's nothing to change (f) i wish i could better (c) me (c) if i were to be (em) anything, i’d (am) come as simple as can (f) be (am) always, the same (f) plain jane, plain jane thats (c) me (em) (am) (f) (c) if i were a patch i’d be the heart on my sleeve (em) always making it clear im longing for make-believe (am) but i never find one, no it (f) seems i'm never (c) perceived (c) if i were a choice i'd be the second at most (em) cause who would choose a girl about whom nobody knows (am) where nothing stands out (f) and nothing exceeds (c) others (c) if i were to be (em) anything, i’d (am) come as simple as can (f) be (am) always, the same (f) plain jane, plain jane thats (c) me (em) thats (am) me (f) (c) always, the same (em) plain jane, plain jane (am) always, the same (f) plain jane, plain jane (c) always, the same (em) plain jane, plain jane (am) always, the same (f) plain jane, plain jane (c) always, the same (em) plain jane, plain jane (am) always, the same (f) plain jane, plain jane (c) always, the same (em) plain jane, plain jane (am) always, the same (f) plain jane, plain jane [fade out]
