Adventure Thing #15 - "Queen of England" Bandscratch (Patreon)

As prophesied, we have part 2 of "Queen of England" this week, a song that is officially now a Side Quest (formerly known as abandoned). 

One of my favorite things about going from acoustic demo to bandscratch is working on songs like these where it's not 100% obvious to us if the song is working or not. Sometimes I know from an acoustic demo where a song wants to go, but even then it can often end up going in different directions than I initially conceived.

So, when we're working with a song that we already know needs some work, it's even more interesting to try crazy stuff and see where we can take it. This has actually worked really well for a couple of songs that are still in strong contention - specifically "The Devil You Know" and "One and Done", but in this case we spent almost an entire practice hacking on it and didn't really like where we ended up.

Still, the whole point of this adventure is to give you insights into the process, and a lot of that is creations like these that don't end up making the cut.  I hope you enjoy it as an interesting side quest!

Lyrics

She says she's heartless
And she don't care
She says the world needs villains and life's not fair
She says she's seen it
All before
And all the lovesick losers they leave her bored

Oh what to do with someone who's decided that she’s over
Everything and everywhere and everyone she knows?
I’ve got just one question for her majesty the martyr
And if she can answer me I swear I’ll let her go:

Chorus:
Who died and made you Queen of England?
You hide away inside a shell
Nobody sees the queen if she don't wanna see them
But your majesty can’t hide from me I know you too well

She says I'm hopeless
But I don't mind
She says I'm too naive and I'm truly blind
She calls me crazy
And she's not wrong
I think it may take crazy to wait this long

Oh what to do with someone's who's convinced she knows the answers
Nothing you can say will change the way it's gonna be
Well I've still got one question for her majesty to ponder
And I know I'd let her go if she could answer me:

Chorus

Pomp & circumstance bridge

Chorus

Soft verse:
They say it's pointless
Enough's enough
They say our stars got crossed
And our fates gave up
They say it's over
Maybe so
But I've got one last question before I go...

Chorus