Sounds:
Notes - December 2005
Chorus in 7/8 time, verses in 4/4. Pulsing guitars,
sustaining keyboards, offbeat bassline. Walter and I collaborated on the
lyrics, which are perhaps a little too busy. The song is a fairly
obvious warning about denial and regret. Carpe diem and all that. I am
very proud of the jazzy piano in the middle section. Recently I
re-recorded pretty much everything: guitars, drums, and vocals. Also the
Wendler fretless bass demanded to be used for the bridge section.
Early stages
(These tracks have been taken from a series of very old cassette tapes on
which we used to record all our ideas, many years ago.) The first relic features a
Roland Jupiter 6 and Korg Polysix, neither of which we still have. Shame
really - they made some pretty good sounds. The second relic
demonstrates the power of the Korg M1 sequencer, if not the talents of
the guitar player... for dedicated fans only, I'm afraid. The chord
sequence of the middle section is the same, yet completely different.
Instruments:
Lyrics:
Across the room I saw your face
You caught my eye in a net of desire
Some other time, in your embrace
I remember your words, you said:
I'm Painting Abstracts on location, I'm faking a picture and
signing my name
Painting Abstracts, no salvation from the painful pictures
that collect in my brain
Painting Abstracts, my creation is the one way I know and
it's never the same
Painting Abstracts, one solution is disolving the memories -
and forgetting the shame
Across the crowd I heard your voice
Held my thoughts in a web of a memory
Words in my head gave me a choice
I lost my mind, the moment slipped away...
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Across the years I see my past
Trapped by fear, as though it seemed at the time
I never knew time went so fast
Was it yesterday, you said,
I'm Painting Abstracts on location, ignoring reality, and
enduring the pain
Painting Abstracts, on probation, but I rob from the bank to
keep playing the game
Painting Abstracts, my protection is the colour's so vivid, I
don't have to explain
Painting Abstracts on location, I'm taking a remedy that is
keeping me sane
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