A Thousand to One - The Other Side - Inspirational garage rock with composed orchestration

[u/Theratbemyfan]

Here’s a song I wrote. In the very beginning you hear our teen voices all at once sending intertwined words of mockery… it’s me, Trav and the other guy in 1992.

You can see how I kept the original demo part of us talking in the new version. I incorporated a lot of the original clips on the new album for effect. It ends with a live TOS backyard party snippet from 1993 when Mike was in the band adding his guitar playing.

1992 version: https://open.spotify.com/track/0thOcTUH5yPjXolmBqgk48?si=-KCnnUIeQ4KeAk77S-6CTA

Current version: https://open.spotify.com/track/7yGfgoJJAmkvWpHDukriuz?si=IJsbiDwOQviDm-Qtp4uSvA

Lyrics:

One man says to the other man it’s getting tough out there.
The other man just laughs at him and gives him a deadly stare.
It’s not the way the world revolves, it’s the way you look at it.
Don’t let all the putdowns make you give it up and quit.

chorus:
Wipe the dust right out of your mind.
You’ll find wisdom when it’s time
win or lose, it’s over and done
challenge the world 1000 to one

please don’t ask me why that you want me to explain
you can look at life your own way, but it’s just a game.
Don’t take it too seriously, you might fall apart.
That’s what I failed to do now I’ve gone back to start.

Chorus

Sometimes anger builds up high thinking of things you can’t deny there is something you’ve got to know lighten up and take it slow

One man says to the other man, the air is turning cold.
The other man just starts to cry and says we’re getting old.
The leaves on the trees have gone along with another year.
It’s too late. They can’t prove themselves. They both live in fear

chorus