Jason Rubero: Music

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A childhood remembrance, in technicolor. I love:

1) The constant vocals chords in the background, inspired by something 10cc once tried out.
2) The piano 'solo' (weird, yet effective)
3) The mellow acoustic guitars (a la Red House Painters)
4) The 'Tap Root Manuscript' percussion which enters in the second verse.
5) The lyrics.... some of my best
6) The crunchy electric guitars in the last movement
7) The chord structure of the last movement
8) The backwards guitar details in the last movement
9) The sustained feedback creeping in at the end!

Summer sky
Painted with a color
I could not describe
A forgotten shade
That reminds me... I was once a child

Autumn fire
Alight with Nature's glory
I felt a liar
A tongue-tied, twisted kid
Trying to recall
The scene, with mere words a mute choir

Absolved of the need to shade,
We played while sleepy trees shed their leaves
Dark eyes reflecting endless skies,
I shouted 'I can fly', still on my knees

Springing seed
Bursting forth from Winter's shackles
As I am freed
From these grownup boundless wires
Adult confusion

I have what I need....

Still, I would like more than the glimpse
I caught since I first saw the mercywheel
I want to meet the Man, the perfect Artist
Who can summon all I see, hear, feel.