this is a kind of crappy live studio recording as a sketch for an interesting song. i went in afterwards and simply doubled the live vocal and added some recorded phone conversations that my bass player Dan used to make when we all lived together as a band few years back (he's quite and odd one as we all are lol). the first is that pulsating landline-off-the-hook sound that was droning after my girlfriend broke up with me over the phone and hung up with me sitting in the room ready to hang myself. then there are other snippets of conversations that Dan recorded eg my dad calling after a business trip and asking about one of our gigs & Dan accidentally cutting him off and yelling '****', my drummer Rob (whose house we lived at) and his wife in a drunken argument, Dan telling my dad about my hospital stay for a hemorrhoid removal etc... just weird trippy ****. my guitar in this is tuned to an open E♭sus2/add9 chord [E♭, B♭, E♭, F, B♭, E♭].
http://soundcloud.com/abe...virus/the-lotus-eaters THE LOTUS EATERS (rough demo) © 2012 MRI / Words & Music by Daren Thomas Turner ----------------------------------------
you may find me smoking in a field and the flowers on the pond are floating over me they tasted good, know what i mean? you saw me visiting the sun and the atmosphere was warm and i'm telling everyone the lemonade was made by me you drank it too, how did it feel? do you remember driving in my car? and we didn't drive fast but we drove it too far where did we go, what did it mean? i recall sitting on a fence and the poppies grew high and so were my friends they danced like visions in the sky i can't complain i did not die you saw me walking in the street you could tell by hands that i needed new feet what could i say, what could i do? i found some needle and some thread and i stitched me some yarn and i stitched it to my head i didn't know i went too deep i didn't know it played for keeps... i bought some sugar at the store to sweeten all the liquid that tasted all the more like candy canes and créme de menthe i though that reasons for the more was after the though of reasons from before you though it too, i've seen you since you didn't laugh, you little ****... ----------------------------------------
Daren Thomas Turner: guitar, vocals
Rob Wilson: drums
Daniel Denial: bass