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Thought I’d post this. It’s an almost completed version of “Decider”, the next track I’m working on for the NEW YORK project. The awesome Matt James plays piano on it and I arranged, recorded, performed everything else. Hoping to re-record some of my vocals and also have Jessi’s vocals tracked sometime this upcoming week. And maybe drums? We’ll see…
Anyways, It’s an original song for Sylvia K and the song is inspired by some of her drawings which you can see on her myspace (http://www.myspace.com/idontsunbathenaked). I also thought I’d try to write some of it in Italian, and Syl says my Italian is awesome :)
lyrics:
the lines are drawn
colors are spilling out
colors are falling down
there’s nothing to catch them
nothing to bind them
because emily’s out, playing in the snow.
but there’s a lack of red
because vermillion’s known to lie
and green is just envious of that bitch.
so comes the decider with her pen and lists
choosing which lives to erase
set up the easel
get out the brushes
apra le porte
apra le porte
dip the bristles
flood the pages
vernici il mondo
look at the destruction
look at the injuries
an ensemble is tumbling out of a cesarean across the street
and emily’s still recurring
in all of my dreams
her heart is on the clothesline for all to see
but it ain’t the summer for this little girl
who bears on her body the stigmata
she seeks solace in the rabbit
that she’s known since she was small
but it’s been decided
it’s already been decided
set up the easel
get out the brushes
apra le porte
apra le porte
dip the bristles
flood the pages
vernici il mondo
sommerga il mondo
guarisca il mondo
sia il mondo
