Here's another song from last year that I didn't upload here at the time. This was my third song for FAWM (February Album Writing Month) 2022.
"Devil's Advocate" was inspired by my relationship with my brother. We're about as close as can be, yet I often feel like he'll take the contrary side in almost any conflict I find myself in, large or small, and sometimes I just want to say, "Dude, you can't honestly think I'm in the wrong all the time". What it mostly boils down to is that he hates conflict. I don't love it, but I prefer it to staying silent when I think that something needs to be addressed. So I might end up getting into a disagreement, or just start venting about something, and my brother just wants to talk me down. But his way of trying to talk me down is usually to point out the other side of the situation (which I'm fully capable of seeing myself). And he doesn't seem to get that the way to make me less upset is to just let me vent for a couple of minutes, and not make me feel like he's taking the other side. Every once in a while, it'd just be nice to hear "Yeah, you have a point". Anyway, enough about that. When all is said and done, my brother is my best friend, and I love him more than anything on earth.
Just, like, back me up every once in a while, man lol.
"Devil's Advocate" (3:31)
Written and recorded February 2022
Remixed August 2023
If I could see inside your mind
I don't suppose that I would like some of the things I might find
But still I would be your ally
And all that I'd ask you in return
Is that sometimes you would be mine
So why can't you be on my side
Instead of playing devil's advocate time after time
I know that I'm not always right
But if I am wrong as often as you say
Then let the lightning strike
You are my only brother
We have to help each other
It's you who I rely on particularly
We share more than just a name
So alike, but not the same
We travel parallel lines perpendicularly
Perpendicularly
"Devil's Advocate" was inspired by my relationship with my brother. We're about as close as can be, yet I often feel like he'll take the contrary side in almost any conflict I find myself in, large or small, and sometimes I just want to say, "Dude, you can't honestly think I'm in the wrong all the time". What it mostly boils down to is that he hates conflict. I don't love it, but I prefer it to staying silent when I think that something needs to be addressed. So I might end up getting into a disagreement, or just start venting about something, and my brother just wants to talk me down. But his way of trying to talk me down is usually to point out the other side of the situation (which I'm fully capable of seeing myself). And he doesn't seem to get that the way to make me less upset is to just let me vent for a couple of minutes, and not make me feel like he's taking the other side. Every once in a while, it'd just be nice to hear "Yeah, you have a point". Anyway, enough about that. When all is said and done, my brother is my best friend, and I love him more than anything on earth.
Just, like, back me up every once in a while, man lol.
"Devil's Advocate" (3:31)
Written and recorded February 2022
Remixed August 2023
If I could see inside your mind
I don't suppose that I would like some of the things I might find
But still I would be your ally
And all that I'd ask you in return
Is that sometimes you would be mine
So why can't you be on my side
Instead of playing devil's advocate time after time
I know that I'm not always right
But if I am wrong as often as you say
Then let the lightning strike
You are my only brother
We have to help each other
It's you who I rely on particularly
We share more than just a name
So alike, but not the same
We travel parallel lines perpendicularly
Perpendicularly
Category Music / Rock
Species Unspecified / Any
Gender Any
Size 120 x 120px
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