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this song is pretty intense for me, after finally winning the battle over a serious drug habit I wrote this about the relief i felt at having survived when so many didn't. i've been clean for a long time now, but this song still gets me.
this could have went under psych-folk if there was such a category (but only because of the sound effects at the end).there is a real mellotron on this one (actually a chamberlain). it's doing the cello part, and an old ARP synth, and some backwards tape effects. but the bulk of the song is straight acoustic guitar and vocals, recorded at the same time. My voice sounds weary, but i liked it so I didn't bother doing another take.
even sadder than the subject matter, is the fact that I will never own a mellotron or an ARP (they belonged to a friend).
this could have went under psych-folk if there was such a category (but only because of the sound effects at the end).there is a real mellotron on this one (actually a chamberlain). it's doing the cello part, and an old ARP synth, and some backwards tape effects. but the bulk of the song is straight acoustic guitar and vocals, recorded at the same time. My voice sounds weary, but i liked it so I didn't bother doing another take.
even sadder than the subject matter, is the fact that I will never own a mellotron or an ARP (they belonged to a friend).
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Lyrics
long time ago, when the clouds were on fire
I found a way to breach my soul
toyed with my chemistry
denied my humility
I thought i'd finally grown up
took it all for granted
until it all was gone
tried to prove I really didn't care
everything around me belonged to someone else
i had nothing I could call my own
my friends all fled
when the flames got too high
choking on the smoke
from the fires I'd built
there was no way out, all the exits were engulfed
in sick amounts of blood and sex and drugs
the flames grow tall when the soul falls flat
it's not like that right now, thank god
the flames grow tall when the soul falls flat
it's not like that right now, thank god
the flames grow tall when the soul falls flat
it's not like that right now, thank god
I found a way to breach my soul
toyed with my chemistry
denied my humility
I thought i'd finally grown up
took it all for granted
until it all was gone
tried to prove I really didn't care
everything around me belonged to someone else
i had nothing I could call my own
my friends all fled
when the flames got too high
choking on the smoke
from the fires I'd built
there was no way out, all the exits were engulfed
in sick amounts of blood and sex and drugs
the flames grow tall when the soul falls flat
it's not like that right now, thank god
the flames grow tall when the soul falls flat
it's not like that right now, thank god
the flames grow tall when the soul falls flat
it's not like that right now, thank god
cjdaley
moving in its sincerity. The mellotron/synth in the end is a bit downplayed (for me a bit frustratinly so), but I suppose it means the song retains a certain humility (Don't know if I make myself clear).DLed