Song title: We’re Here For A Good Time (Not A Long Time)
Music by: Ray Holt & Martin Faulkner
Lyrics by: Andrew Donaldson
Artist: Vulnerable
Listen to ‘We’re Here For A Good Time (Not A Long Time)’ here:
Hello! We’re Ray, Andrew and Martin, otherwise known as Vulnerable. We’ve been making music together since we first met at school in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north-east of England (and we’ve been entering HCSC since way back then, too).
As he’s the man behind the lyrics, Andrew is going to tell you all about our entry for HCSC 2021. Take it away…
“We’re Here For A Good Time (Not A Long Time) is a phrase a friend said to me when we were discussing our fears for the future during the latest set of redundancies at the company we worked for. (Spoiler: we both got canned.)
The lyrics for this one were originally very different, as I had wanted to explore a dark subject matter with a nihilistic but tongue-in-cheek title. While the song was sitting in our work queue, I had second thoughts, so one day I sat down and completely reversed it into something with a more optimistic outlook like it is now. The message of the song is to question why you’re on this planet and whether you could be doing more – ultimately, to live without regret.
As a humanist I feel this is one of the strongest lyrics I have written since ‘Future Tense’ (HCSC 2017). While the song already appeared on our album ‘World on Fire’, we’ve tweaked this mix to clean it up a bit, and actually we much prefer this special Home Composed exclusive version! Personally I find this one still resonates very hard with me as we live through this pandemic, and the sheer joy of the final lyrics exploding into that crazy solo is just wonderful and helps me come to terms with the future world we’re all going to inhabit.”
A couple of our friends also dropped in to help out with the recording: You’ll be hearing Laurence Wilson on drums, and the guitar solo Andrew mentioned is the work of Callum Arnott. We hope you enjoy it!
We’re Here For A Good Time (Not A Long Time)
Every day I wake
In a shell of mistakes
And I wonder how much time
Is left on the clock
Have I done all I want?
Is this the place that I’ll haunt?
Am I taking up room?
Can I ignore all of their taunts?
We’re here for a good time, not a long time
We’re here to bring joy, not to destroy
Chase off Death for the day
No work and all play
We’re here for a good time, not a long time
Every day I wake
In a shell of mistakes
And I wonder if we’ll learn
To live with all this concern
Then I look at the news
And see that we’re still a mess
Well it’s just bringing me down
With all this constant distress
We’re here for a good time, not a long time
We’re here to bring joy, not to destroy
Chase off Death for the day
No work and all play
Here for a good time, not a long time
We’re here to bring joy, not to destroy
Chase off Death for the day
Chase off Death for the day
Chase off Death for the day
Holding hands with who I love the most
Holding hands with a future ghost
Begin again today
(When I lie down)
We’ve something now to say
(It’ll be forever)
Let’s take a last breath
(When I lie down)
Confirm to the world
We won’t choose to opt out
HOME ‘21 