But then, okay, so you see this article.
You have this idea for a song.
Then what? What do you, what comes first? Like, are you writing words? Are you writing chords? Are you writing melodies? Are you singing?
It, it is interesting.
I feel like I like the way that you're breaking it down because I guess it wasn't, like, we didn't literally read the article and then say, "I have to write a song about this."
It has to simmer.
It was like, it has to simmer.
So we read this article.
We both talked about it.
And it wasn't directly, like, about that.
No, no.
It was just kind of like that was, like, on our minds, I think.
Right.
Mm-hmm.
It's, it's there.
Like, months later, we, I ki- I think I just sat down, and I started singing this melody, and I liked, I was, like, picturing a bunch of just, like, little things that I loved.
So the first, um, the first lyrics in the song are, "I buy you bird charms with the money that I find on the ground."
And I cover them with plastic and-
Yeah.
I guess it was like I was trying to think of, like, very specific, like, little things that are, like, very spur of the moment, and we kind of like, I feel like also with the way we sing it, it's like we kind of just try to, like, say like, "Oh, I buy bird charms with money that I find on the ground." Like, very small-
Yeah
... like, little things that happen unexpectedly.
Mm-hmm.
And then it kind of started with Bibi, like, sta- did the lyrics and was, like, playing it on the guitar and then, like, brought me into this room.
And I feel like this happens with a lot of our songs.
But then, okay, so you see this article.
You have this idea for a song.
Then what? What do you, what comes first? Like, are you writing words? Are you writing chords? Are you writing melodies? Are you singing?
It, it is interesting.
I feel like I like the way that you're breaking it down because I guess it wasn't, like, we didn't literally read the article and then say, "I have to write a song about this."
It has to simmer.
It was like, it has to simmer.
So we read this article.
We both talked about it.
And it wasn't directly, like, about that.
No, no.
It was just kind of like that was, like, on our minds, I think.
Right.
Mm-hmm.
It's, it's there.
Like, months later, we, I ki- I think I just sat down, and I started singing this melody, and I liked, I was, like, picturing a bunch of just, like, little things that I loved.
So the first, um, the first lyrics in the song are, "I buy you bird charms with the money that I find on the ground."
And I cover them with plastic and-
Yeah.
I guess it was like I was trying to think of, like, very specific, like, little things that are, like, very spur of the moment, and we kind of like, I feel like also with the way we sing it, it's like we kind of just try to, like, say like, "Oh, I buy bird charms with money that I find on the ground." Like, very small-
Yeah
... like, little things that happen unexpectedly.
Mm-hmm.
And then it kind of started with Bibi, like, sta- did the lyrics and was, like, playing it on the guitar and then, like, brought me into this room.
And I feel like this happens with a lot of our songs.
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