swarbles.

swarbles; solitary blue.

the elephant 6 townhall weekly hoursong is up!  the theme this week was first person, so here is a song written in first person that is an accurate portrayal of my day.

so i had originally recorded all the organ bits on my point and shoot camera, because i wasn’t really wanting to lug my computer downstairs in order to record the organ on the microphone, so i recorded five or six takes, and brought it upstairs, only to discover that the camera was trying to refocus every two seconds, so every two seconds, it made this loud cla-clack sound, and it was awful, so i had to bring the computer downstairs and record it the way i didn’t want to do it in about half an hour.  the vocals are questionable.  arguably should’ve just used one vocal track but i like doing two vocal tracks, even when the second one generally does not remember what the first one is doing.

alright.

as always, this song is available to download from cllct, or you can download a zipfile of all of this week’s hoursongs on mediafire.

lyrics;

i woke up late today,
hungover and cold.
i’d like to go away
this shit is getting old

i always try for first,
but lately come in last,
feeling slightly cursed,
have the good things all gone past?

it’s hard to see the light
when everything goes wrong,
but i fight the good fight
even when i’m not strong.

and sure, it’s just a phase,
and things, they will get better,
this lingering malaise
can’t linger here forever.

and so, for now, it’s fine,
and i’ll keep smiling through,
and drink a bit more wine,
until i am imbued.

this quiet, lonely time,
i sit and think of you,
and it is not a crime,
it’s just a solitary blue