I don´t remember exactly when the idea for the song first came to me but this is a pretty old song from way back. The song features on my «The blue box – demo sketch collection disc 5», which I recorded between 2014 and 2017, but the song itself is older than that. My guess is that the song was born sometime in the beginning or in the middle of 2000.
Originally, the song was called «Living in bed». After some time the song title changed to «Can´t get outta bed (the wake-up song)» after I got the idea that I wanted to write a song about a recognizable problem that many people struggle with every day: getting up of bed in the morning. I wanted to create a sort of morning anthem that put into words the torture people who love to sleep have to endure every morning when they are just waiting for the alarm clock to ring. The idea was to have the song start up with the sound of an alarm clock before the intro hook set in. I had written lyrics to the song when I contacted the producer and this is the original lyrics to «Can´t get outta bed»:
1)
Monday morning
Suddenly a new day has begun.
Weekend is all over
And the weekday´s here again.
So much fun last night
And I went to bed too late.
But now I wonder why
I didn´t go to bed at eight.
Bridge:
Opening my eyes feels just like I’m gonna die.
The room is so damn cold that it makes me wanna cry.
I know I should get up but my legs just won´t comply.
I think I need to stay in bed forever.
Chorus:
I can’t get outta bed.
Though I’m trying.
But the morning comes too soon
Want to sleep til´ afternoon.
Can’t get outta bed. (bed, bed, bed)
Can’t get outta bed. (bed, bed, bed)
Can’t get outta bed. (bed, bed, bed)
Can’t get outta bed. (bed, bed, bed)
2)
Why must everything
Start so early in the day?
When everyone is tired
And is sleeping anyway.
We´d all be better off
If we had a big delay.
So all of us could start to live
From the middle of the day.
Pre-chorus:
I know I must get up but I really don’t know how.
I can’t get up of bed no matter how hard I try.
I try to take control but my legs just won’t comply.
I think I need to stay in bed forever.
Chorus:
I can’t get outta bed.
Though I’m trying.
But I got in bed too late
Now I’m feeling outta shape.
Can’t get outta bed.
Alarm is ringing.
But the morning comes too soon
Need to sleep til´ afternoon.
Can’t get outta bed.
Can’t get outta bed. (bed, bed, bed)
Can’t get outta bed. (bed, bed, bed)
After I had delivered my instrumental demo to the producer and got back the first demo sketch I was really impressed with the result. It sounded incredible but the feel and rhythmics of the song was a bit different. That means that the chorus, which originally said «can´t get outta bed», was too long and did not fit the new version of the song. So I decided that I wanted to write new lyrics and a new title for the song. After some time thinking about what the song could be about it hit me that I could write a positive song about enjoying life and following your dreams. So I did and the song «Life» was created.
The final version of «Life» is pretty similar to my original demo when it comes to melody. The only thing is that the bridge has been shortened down and the way the song is sung is a bit different rhythmically.
«Life» was recorded Wednesday 21th July 2021at Norsk Lydstudio in Mjøndalen, Norway. We started the recording session at 4:00 PM and worked until 5:30 PM.