{"id":249,"date":"2022-11-19T22:27:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T02:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brianorr.com\/blog\/?p=249"},"modified":"2024-05-08T15:53:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T19:53:27","slug":"sidelines-a-new-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brianorr.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/19\/sidelines-a-new-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><em>Sidelines<\/em><\/em> is now available on all streaming services. Listen using the links below, or head down to the bottom of this post to read the <a href=\"#lyrics\" title=\"lyrics\">lyrics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"b-music-track-social\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3TUPcAPkVtdYIDjZQS4M73?si=iDYo0wFNQeKRPR_hakZQIQ\" class=\"b-rounded-textbutton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/icons\/icon-spotify.svg\" alt=\"Spotify\" class=\"b-icon\">\n    Spotify\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/ca\/album\/sidelines\/1654117721?i=1654117722\" class=\"b-rounded-textbutton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/icons\/icon-applemusic.svg\" alt=\"Apple Music\" class=\"b-icon\">\n    Apple Music\n  <\/a>  \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0SgWJVFVwlc\" class=\"b-rounded-textbutton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/icons\/icon-youtube.svg\" alt=\"YouTube\" class=\"b-icon\">\n    YouTube\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.co.uk\/tracks\/B0BM24JMFF?marketplaceId=A1F83G8C2ARO7P&#038;musicTerritory=GB&#038;ref=dm_sh_Cck4f4sX3LCWcqtERYxtKTfqM\" class=\"b-rounded-textbutton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/icons\/icon-amazon.svg\" alt=\"Amazon Music\" class=\"b-icon\">\n    Amazon Music\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/brianorr\/sidelines-single\" class=\"b-rounded-textbutton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/icons\/icon-soundcloud.svg\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" class=\"b-icon\">\n    SoundCloud\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This song came from a songwriting challenge that one of the writers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brianorr.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/30\/ben-folds-songwriters-retreat\/\">Ben Folds Songwriter Retreat<\/a> suggested, which was, \u201cWrite a song with the month in the title.\u201d It was November (2021), so my goal was clear: write a song with November in the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song started out as \u201c47 Novembers\u201d, and then became \u201cSidelines (47 Novembers)\u201d, and then became the final title as it is today, \u201cSidelines\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guess I failed the challenge! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope you enjoy it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Written, performed and produced by Brian Orr, \u00a9 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sidelines\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0SgWJVFVwlc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"lyrics\">Lyrics <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">It\u2019s been 47 Novembers\nMy story seldom told\nA day nobody remembers\u2026when my\nMy bluff became a fold\n\nIt\u2019s been 47 Novembers\nSince livin\u2019 in this cold\nGotta place between the vendors\nA place where I\u2019ve grown old\n\nA man walks by\nDoes he notice my sign?\nHe turns his eyes\nOut of sight, and out of mind\n\nThere ain\u2019t no hope on the sidelines\nStill hanging on at the sidelines\n\nIt\u2019s been 47 Novembers\nOnce humble, now I\u2019m bold\nHow the world has changed the lenders\nOnly plastic cards they hold\n\nIt\u2019s been 47 Novembers \nSince living on the dole \nSpent a lotta time in the centres\nStaring down an empty bowl\n\nA man walks by\nDoes he notice my sign?\nHe turns his eyes\nOut of sight, and out of mind\n\nThere ain\u2019t no hope on the sidelines\nStill hanging on at the sidelines\n\nIt\u2019s cold, so cold, oh so cold\nI give, I give, up my soul\n\nIt\u2019s been 47 Novembers \nMy body\u2019s paid the toll\nI drop the sign I\u2019ve rendered\n\u201cPlease pray for my soul\u201d\n\nA man walks by\nHe picks up my sign\nI close my eyes\n\u201cDear God\u201d, I hear him cry\n\nThe lights flash bright\nIn this moment I feel fine\nThe blue, red and white\nRush on as I fly high\n\nThere once was hope on the sidelines\nI say goodbye to the sidelines \n\nWords and music by Brian Orr, \u00a9 2022\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sidelines is now available on all streaming services. Listen using the links below, or head down to the bottom of this post to read the lyrics. Spotify Apple Music YouTube Amazon Music SoundCloud This song came from a songwriting challenge that one of the writers from the Ben Folds Songwriter Retreat suggested, which was, \u201cWrite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,19],"tags":[16,21,17],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-songs","tag-music","tag-songs","tag-songwriting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brianorr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sidelines-%E2%80%93-for-web.jpg?fit=1500%2C1500&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2jXdF-41","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":234,"url":"https:\/\/www.brianorr.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/03\/why-i-wrote-an-album-of-original-childrens-music-and-why-it-took-so-long\/","url_meta":{"origin":249,"position":0},"title":"Short Stories (Album)","author":"Brian","date":"May 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"When my children were very little, I\u2019d make up songs to sing to them \u2014 songs about every day life as a toddler. 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