Day 30: The Future's Been Delayed

 

Day 30: The Future’s Been Delayed

Part of my song-a-day writing project for January 2024

Lyrics:

Looks like there's a distribution problem
Your order hasn't been fulfilled
Could be lazy workers or a misunderstanding
Or perhaps you haven't paid the bill

Let me show you this department
And they will process your complaint
They'll set you up with an appointment
With disappointment
'cause the future's been delayed

Four years and a hundred thousand dollars
Will earn you an entry level wage
The newest software won't help you get promoted
When it takes your job prospects away

Let me show you this department
And they will process your complaint
Hey, this daydream that you've brought us
Ain't what they promised
So sorry, you're future's been delayed

By now, I thought I'd have a jet pack
Or else at least a flying car
Instead we're gossiping on oh so many cameras
I can't keep track of who they are

Let me show you this department
And they will process your complaint
I just can't see where the hope is
Where's the utopia?
Oh yea, that future's been delayed
That future's been delayed

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Details: I was supposed to have a co-write today, but it fell through. Which is a shame, because I struggled tonight on my own. I love this writing project, but it's the end of the month and I'm ready to be done with it (just one more day!).

Once again, I was completely blank. However, I did have a sense that I wanted to rock out. So I came up with that staccato strumming thing. Might sound better with an electric guitar, but I tried to make it rock.

I've been having issues with getting some medication from the pharmacy because of distribution issues, so that was the inspiration for the first verse. "The Future's Been Delayed" just sort of popped out while I was playing and around, and I dug it. That gave shape to the rest of the song, making it about upended expectations.

My voice was shot by the time I recorded this. I had to take the guitar down half a step. I've done that a couple times this month-- some of these songs will ideally be sun in a different key, and probably will be if I'm singing with a rested voice.

Anyway, this was another attempt at being political. Not sure if it works.