Story Behind The Song
And So It Goes was an experiment to write a minimalistic track based on a simple acoustic guitar riff. Synthesizers, male vocals, and an acoustic guitar solo were added to turn it into a full song, which later became the final track on the Alien Mustache(Matthew C. Bauder's sometimes used alias)album "Magnitude".
Song Description
An Indie rock song about past reflection and the realization that things just are the way they are here and now in the present.
| Song Length |
2:18 |
Genre |
Rock - Indie/Low-Fi, Rock - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Moving |
Subject |
Change, Loneliness |
| Similar Artists |
Failure, Replicants |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
There was a time when things were clearer (clearer to me)
There was a time when I was nearer (nearer to you)
But now I've gone and smashed my mirror into...
And so it goes. And so it goes.
There was a time when things were brighter (brighter than now)
There was a time when things were quieter (quieter somehow)
And now I long to be inside of her arms.
And so it goes. And so it goes.