Strays

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This one started with a groovy little BD Latuli guitar progression. That's his original guitar in this track.  My concept on this one is sort of three parts which are pretty obvious when you listen:

1. Verses are pretty straight, I wanted the vocals to come across with just a hint of like a modern Dire Straits Romeo & Juliet.

2. A scabbed up gnarly bridge 

3. A pretty outro that should feel like a mixture of realization/regret/shame.

Drums are in there just as something to play along with - needs a complete re-think from the drum-minded in our midst.

It's somewhat disjointed feeling in its current state, could use some connective tissue particularly in the use of drum changes/fills to help transition from section to section and maybe some underlying element (second guitar, some kind of pad/synth) at least in the verses that can give it some forward motion. 

I really want to hear another voice (Josh) in the outro singing something like a 3rd in between the octave vox that are currently in there.  Fatten that bitch up.  


Lyrics (as always, subject to change)

One match whole place on fire

Big mouth bout to gobble me up

So tired and I wanna stretch out see you exit right gonna head right home to me

Good reason to be staying alive

Corporate gonna prop me up

No fists, no fakes just right

See ya parked outside on a roll like tumbleweed


I thought you said you couldn't help nobody

But then you really went beyond

Like when you laid my clothes out in the yard


One match whole place on fire

Big chair at the end of the hall

No spot to lose a dime, gotta run inside gotta save it all

Keep still while I memorize

Think of me if you're gettin up

Agree to testify and then donate every single thing I own


Stray lines off the end of the page

Free riders that I couldn't keep in place

My word I've been loving catching daggers baby

Free time at the end of the day

Sang songs that I couldn't see were strange

Now I've been choking on the vocals baby

Stray lines off the end of the page




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