Spring And A Storm

Spring And A Storm
Written by	Joe Hawley
Appears on	Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
Sung by	Joe Hawley
Genre	Rock
Language	English
Links:	Youtube Spotify Bandcamp Original Demo feat. Ryan Scott (Bandcamp) Joe Hawley Solo Demo (Youtube)

Spring And A Storm is a song by Joe Hawley.

History

Spring And A Storm was first demoed sometime in 2004 with Mr. Ryan Scott. This demo includes mostly nonsense lyrics, but the arrangement is mostly there. This demo would be released on Admittedly Incomplete Demos. Joe would flesh out the lyrics and re-record it by himself later in 2005, releasing it on Broadjam and Indie911 not soon after. Much of the lyrics and instrumentation we know is there but the bridge lyrics are very different. Joe would later state in a 2005 chatlog that he changed the bridge because it was "a bit too specific".

Interpretations

• It talks about the appreciation of and for nature and the cycle of it, but how insignificant it can make you feel, until you realize that you're just as much a part of it all as anything else. --Coz 16:19, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Trivia

• Spring And A Storm was referenced in the game Borderlands 3, the lyric "Mr. Moon, tell us about the sky" can be heard randomly if you kill an enemy
• Rob and Zubin sing the parts of the children during the bridge in live performances
• The demo version of Spring and a Storm uses the opening hum from The Bidding
• A snippet of the song can be heard on the radio in Joe's Dream in the fourth episode of Tally Hall's Internet Show

Lyrics

One time I tried to sing
About spring and a storm

But you know
How it goes

Blah blah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah
Blah
All along

Won't you please stop complaining
I'm playing a song

But all the rain comes down the same
Falling to from where it came
On the ground then back around
Up into the sky

I wish you could've heard the music
When the clouds growled overhead
I finally felt enthusiastic
I finally felt alive

Blah blah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah
Blah
So you said

Would it please you to listen
To thunder instead

Man the rain came down that day
And it drained my soul away
And I wondered why I even
Bothered to try

Mr. Moon
Tell us about the sky

The sky is deep and dark and eternally high
Many people think that's where you go when you die

Do you?

Well I think you return to obscure
Or wherever you were
Before you were
But I won't let you lose yourself
In the rain ***

We have so much left to sing
There's a storm for every spring
All you see and you and me
Became from a star

(You're a star)

(Silent explosive and
Silent explosive and)

Create until nothing is left to create and
The universe bursts with an overworked sigh then
Pretend to pretend to re-crown the creation and
Sing the same thing 'til the clouds start to cry and then
Over and over and over again and then
Over and over and
Never again 

Demo Lyrics

One time I tried to sing
About spring and a storm

But you know
How it goes

Blah blah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah
Blah
All along

Won't you please stop complaining
I'm playing a song

But all the rain drops in the same
Falling to from where they came
And in time they all evaporate
Back to the sky

I wish you could've heard the music
When the clouds growled overhead
I finally felt enthusiastic
I finally felt alive

Blah blah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah
Blah
So you said

Would it please you to listen
To thunder instead

Man the rain came down that day
And it drained my dreams away
And then I almost never tried to try anymore

Mr. Moon?
Yeah?
Tell us about the sky

The sky is deep and dark and eternally high
Many people think that's where you go when you die

Do you?

Well it seems to be tricky to tell
Whether ever a heaven or hell
Play pretend, my friend, and lose yourself in the rain

We have so much left to sing
There's a storm for every spring
All you see and you and me
Became from a star

You're a star
Yes you are

(Silent explosive and
Silent explosive and)

Create until nothing is left to create and
The universe bursts with an overworked sigh then
Pretend to pretend to re-crown the creation and
Sing the same thing 'til the clouds start to cry and then
Over and over and over again and then
Over and over and
Never again 

Blah blah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah
Blah

Original Demo Lyrics

Sometimes I like to walk
Outside in the rain

I like the way it feels
Upon my brain
The rain

One day my family and I
went away for a little while

When we came back
the garage was flooded
The rain had come inside
and there was a lot of water

Blah blah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah
Blah
Blah Blah Blah

Mr. Moon?
Yeah?
Tell us about the sky

The sky is deep and dark and blue
and very high

Many people think that's where you go when you die

What do you think?

See all these stars?
When you die, you become a star

(You're a star
You're a star
You're a star)
You're a star

You're a star
Yes you are

You're a star
Yes you are

Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah blah blah

You're a star
Yes you are

Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

Tabs/Chords

Unavailable, if you have made tabs or chords of the song please add them!

References

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤMarvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum

Good Day · Greener · Welcome To Tally Hall · Taken For A Ride · The Bidding · Be Born · Banana Man · Just Apathy · Spring And A Storm · Two Wuv · Haiku · The Whole World And You · 13 · Ruler Of Everything · Hidden In The Sand (hidden track) · Mucka Blucka* (bonus track) · Dream* (bonus track) · Just a Friend** (bonus track) ⋅ Good Day (Simlish)** (pre-gap bonus track)


* indicates tracks only available with a digital download code or with the 2021 CD and tape rerelease | ** indicates tracks only available on the 2021 CD rerelease

Admittedly Incomplete Demos

Another Minute (Live at the Frieze Basement, December 2002) · Mobile Phone Premonition (Live at the Frieze Basement, December 2002) · Welcome to Tally Hall (Acoustic Demo) ⋅ Marvin's SFX - Bohemian Rhapsody (Sample) ⋅ Banana Man (Lounge Version) ⋅ Blind Pig Introduction (January 2008) ⋅ Spring And A Storm (Original Demo feat. Ryan Scott) ⋅ Two Wuv (Alternate Bridges) ⋅ The Whole World and You (Punk Rehearsal) ⋅ Just a Friend ⋅ Songy Song ⋅ Keep Up The Good Work! Theme ⋅ Sea Cucumber (Demo) ⋅ Tally Hall's Internet Show Theme ⋅ Spiced Rum Commercial (Demo) ⋅ You & Me (Zubin Lead Vocal Rehearsal) ⋅ Cannibal (Demo) ⋅ Who You Are (Demo) ⋅ Sacred Beast (Demo) ⋅ Hymn For A Scarecrow (Demo)* ⋅ A Lady (Demo) ⋅ The Trap (Demo) ⋅ Turn the Lights Off (Alternate Bridge) ⋅ Out in the Twilight (Demo) ⋅ Fate of the Stars (Demo) ⋅ Light & Night (Demo) ⋅ Love Track (Rehearsal) ⋅ Go (Demo) ⋅ Color Be Gone (Demo) ⋅ The Minstrel Boy ⋅ Welcome To Tally Hall (Reprise) (Demo)*
* indicates tracks added on April 15th, 2022