Chalk Street

arcanecrowbar — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:28:29 -0800

New rough demo for a live "rock" project

I'm writing a new batch of songs for a live band I want to start . . my self-imposed criteria is that I have to get it all across with drums, bass, one guitar and one vocal line. Unfortunately there are only five drummers in Seattle and they're all spoken for . . . sigh. I've got ads out there and hopefully I'll get some bites. The subject of the song: when I was younger driving a car was a ticket to fun and freedom. These days what with the oil politics, driving feels like a morally questionable act, especially in a big gas-guzzling van. This song is sort of about that. Lyrics below. tormentors who would you appease your signal scrambled like a sunbeam in the trees enfolding ancient industries I'll burn and burn until I sweat out this disease the chairman's screaming on the wire a tin roof strangler on a stack of burning tires this engine bares a burning tooth fanned by ten thousand tongues policing up the truth I'm going to drive myself to sleep down streets of dark refineries over the cracks and chalk and bones and bottles I'm going to drive so far away no one will ever speak my name over the cracks and chalk and bones and bottles dreaming and seething

By: arcanecrowbar

arcanecrowbar — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:04:43 -0800

Hmmm, only song on the page with no comments all week. Guess that's a comment in itself.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:30:43 -0800

I just got around to listening to it now, and I really like it. The guitar part is great, and the lyrics are nicely delivered on top of it. And, of course, I like recordings that sound like demos anyway, usually a lot more than the songs when they are carefully produced, so the actual recording sounds just right to me.

By: arcanecrowbar

arcanecrowbar — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:31:52 -0800

Thanks!

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Chalk Street

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