released August 4, 2024
Lyrics by Briyan Frederick, written 1984-2024
Music by Briyan Frederick
“Who Is This Killer Clown” by Don Campau and Briyan Frederick
“The Lonesome Moon” by Briyan Frederick and Wayne Baker
Vocals by Briyan Frederick and Suno.
Remixed by Suno AI.
The Songs
The Chair We Share
lo-fi, glitch, string quartet, pop, slow
Blind Mime EnsembleAugust 2, 2024 at 7:46 PM
[Intro]
[Pre-verse]
You’re sitting there
In the chair we share
Dreaming of somewhere
Very far from there
[Verse 1 add a string quartet small horn section] You’re sitting there
In the chair we share
Dreaming of somewhere
Very far from there
As I reach out
To brush away your hair
You ask me why
It passed us by
[Refrain]
And I don’t really know…
Where did it go?
I guess I should have known
How much it hurt you so
[Verse 2 female vocal]
I must admit
I find it hard to sit
In that chair
Without a care
As I think about
And battle with my doubts
I’m so ashamed I caused you pain
[Refrain]
And I don’t really know…
Where did it go?
I guess I should have known
How much it hurt you so
[Break]
[Verse 3]
You’re sitting there
In the chair we share
Dreaming of somewhere
So very far from there
The night is cold
And my touch has gotten old
And there isn’t much
To hold onto any more
[Refrain]
And I don’t really know…
Where did it go?
I guess I should have known
How much it hurt you so
[End]
The Original
This was originally a song written for Songfight in June 2004. It doesn’t seem like twenty years ago. I wrote it on electric piano.
Available on the Briyan Frederick album, Unlikely Cosmic Occurences.
A dozen years ago, I performed it live on acoustic guitar and put it on Youtube.
2024 Blind Mime Ensemble
Along with the lyric, along with the [guides] for Suno. I’ve also included the style prompts.
I uploaded a snippet of audio from the original which included the piano and vocal. Suno is using that in its variation and holds to my vocal in the beginning, but veers from it in the end, keeping it in the vocal harmonies during the chorus.
I went with the duet because one of the early Suno variants did that without prompting, so I added teh prompt and it followed. Only the initial prompt preceding verse 2 was added. Suno chose the rest and I think it chose wisely.
I changed the line, “And my touch is getting old” to “And my touch has gotten old” for this version. I think it’s more stated.