From the recording Ondoezik.1 : Lifeboat
I'm sad that I had to write this. But nevertheless, here we are (or were)... Spring 2022. It's got some teeth, I think. And a heavy polyrhythm built up from sampled breaks and my own playing. The slide guitar was new for me (as you can probably tell), but, still, it was a fun new color to paint with.
Lyrics
I got Cleopatra on the phone
Queen of the smile
She talks to me as if I’m dumb
Or maybe deaf and blind
Did we lose our connection?
Has the line gone dead?
I keep hoping things will improve
But all the black ink’s turned to red
I just have to keep this all in front of my mind
There are rulers drawing straighter, better, border lines
Yeah / Other lives / Sound escapes / Other lives
Ooooooooo…. keep on talking like you’re the only one
Youuuuuuuu… don’t you realize so many are close to done
Carry the one
When their back is braking
Carry the one
Carry the one
When they can’t go on
Carry the one
A two part series:
Part 1 - cut and move on, cut and move on
How do we continue to live with our past mistakes - and where will they end?
Part 2 - stop rolling the dice with our future
Is it really going to serve us to keep our heads in the sand over and over again … and again?
When their back is braking
Carry the one
When their nerves are shaking
Carry the one
When their world is quaking
Carry the one
When they can’t go on
Carry the one