I haven't blogged for so long! I have been chasing the dark of my own for the last month before recording final vocals, trying to find more and more of a connection with my material every day, revising lyrics, rhythms, writing and refining bridges, melodies, etc. etc. Its been a great month before the final stretch to understand the shape and themes of the album and my songs. I've even taken out a guitar and really worked on rhythms and how to play things at open mics and showcases if there is no piano.. this will still require more work, but its been great as i find guitar to be such a rhythmic instrument with an upstroke and down stroke and its woody percussive feels with muting and other slapping techniques. Got so much work to do, and really look forward to developing my guitar skills over the next few years to use it as a writing base as well as piano. Its amazing how three chords played rhythmically on the guitar can create so many melody and song ideas in my head- perhaps more than just sitting at the piano!
So i finished the basic lyrics for one of my favorite songs on the album called Chasing the Dark, and i thought i would post them. I think i blogged before that i love this idea of Chasing the Dark, my girl's sister misunderstood me this afternoon and thought i'd written a song called Chasing the Duck!! My accent certainly throws Canadians off, so better make it clear when i come to record the vocals
The song really sums up alot of the themes of the Album in general, which is really a young musician/artist trying to figure out his place in the world, and embarking on a journey to find who he is, and what the world means to him, and hopefully this will connect with people who can relate to my journey and the things i see and how i interpret them in lyrics, melody and rhythm. Chasing the Dark really means that we all have plans and destinations, and so often they are so carefully planned, but things change constantly, we change constantly, illness happens, tsunamis and earthquakes happen, the dollar drops and rises, relationships change.. just when we thought we were in control we're not, so we think we are chasing something, a dream, an idea, but really in the end we are chasing what we don't know and what we can't control.. we are chasing the dark.
Take a ride on a different point of view
See the city lights turn on beneath the clouds... feel them rising
Surrender your control
Slipping from your hands and losing hold... feel it going
We don't want to admit we're just chasing shadows..
Across the void
Through endless skies
With no destination
Holding on
Against the Wind
Reaching out
With no destination.
We're just chasing the dark
The Sunsets in your eyes
Blinding you with faith in perfect lies.. like lightening
You try to cut the noose
That binds you to the careful life you choose.. But your hanging
We don't want to admit we're just chasing shadows..
Across the void
Through endless skies
With no destination
Holding on
Against the Wind
Reaching out
With no destination.
We're just chasing the dark
IF WE LOOK DOWN, IT'S SO FAR TO FALL
IF WE LOOK DOWN, IT'S SO FAR TO FALL
IF WE LOOK DOWN, IT'S SO FAR TO FALL...
