GRAHAME WAGHORN
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MUSIC
Life Is on Standby - Release Notes

I started writing this song on a hot, record-breaking, summer day. I recorded the dreamy drums, bass and piano, then stood up at the mic and sang the first things that came into my head. Amazingly those lyrics were pretty good! They seemed to perfectly capture my languid mood on such a hot day.

​The electric guitars have a summery, shimmery feel to them and the vocals ooze with dreamy reverb (similar to that used by Lennon). There's also my first ever sax solo - so check it out!

I've made a really cool music video for this song, so check it out and please subscribe to my YouTube channel if you like it.
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Life Is on Standby - Lyrics
© 2018 Grahame Waghorn 

Outside it’s as hot as hell 
Sun fills the sky
It’s hard to breathe, it's hard to talk
Life is on standby
Drag myself down the stairs
Where it’s cool and comforting
Down in the basement again
Down in the basement again 

Every year it’s getting hotter 
New highs every day 
My whisky glass is slowly sweating 
As the ice melts away 
Forced inside by the rising tide
Where I can numb the pain
Down in the basement again 
Down in the basement again 

You say that it’s all a hoax 
Is that one of your jokes? 
I can barely see the mirrors 
Through all of your smoke 
Pour myself a stiffer drink
While the truth is brushed aside 
Down in the basement again 
Down in the basement again

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  • Automata
    • Tug-O-Love
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    • Duelling Stereotypes
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  • Blog
  • Music
    • About
    • Music >
      • Life Is on Standby >
        • Release Notes (Standby)
      • I'm Alive. It's a Miracle! >
        • Release Notes (Miracle)
      • Waghorn & Taylor - Into the Blue
      • The Other Side of the Storm
    • Videos
    • Lyrics >
      • Life Is on Standby
      • Catch and Release
      • Change For Good
      • The Other Side of the Storm
      • Lonely Castaway