So. I actually started writing this blog post almost a year ago when I first recorded this. But then with one thing and another I stopped paying attention, forgot all about it, and suddenly rediscovered it while cleaning out my records. Anyway, I’ve remixed it to boost the bass and bring out the drums and… oh, you don’t want to hear about all my nonsense. Just put your feet up for three minutes, have a listen, and read on afterwards if you’re sufficiently bored.
Lyrics
Close your eyes – can you see her there?
Dancing round in her underwear
She’s beautiful – but she’s not for you
Always there but just out of reach
Forbidden fruit
Did they never teach you you’re not enough
And never will be?
But now the worm has turned
The lesson you have learned
If you play with matches you’ll get burned
Cross my palm with silver
And I’ll turn this dust to gold
I’ll tell you how the past turned out
And what the future holds
Whispered dreams, and memories
And secrets left untold
The days are long
And the nights are tough
You trying to reach her but it’s never enough
You keep on dreaming
But it’s not be
But now the worm has turned
The lesson you have learned
If you play with matches you’ll get burned
Cross my palm with silver
And I’ll turn this dust to gold
I’ll tell you how the past turned out
And what the future holds
Whispered dreams, and memories
And secrets left untold
Thoughts
I don’t know what to say about this really as I wrote it a year ago and can’t remember from what wellspring it sprang. I think it started with the bassline because I was coming off the back of a bunch of songs that I’d written where I’d spent too much time trying to be too clever and just wanting to write something pretty spontaneous.
Which this most definitely was. Aside from spending a while on the harmonised guitar arrangements in the chorus, this was very much a one and done track.
You’ll notice I haven’t got much to say about it, but that’s not because I don’t like it or anything: it’s perfectly serviceable guitar pop. It just that it didn’t come from a place of real inspiration, and the lyrics don’t mean much of anything and so I don’t have much connection with it. I really do like the chorus in particular though – probably because it reminds of the sort of stuff (particularly the Stone Roses) that I was listening to in my teens.
So: good enough for government work, and very likely to end up filling a spot on my upcoming fifth album, now that it’s had a bit of spit and polish.
And that concludes this week’s news.