this is at the opposite end of the spectrum in relation to the more involved production tracks i've posted here...
a raw live track with minimal accoutrements (details on SoundCloud) loosely inspired by the Odyssey IX and James Joyce as well as personal experiences.
my guitar in this is tuned to an open E♭sus2/add9 chord [E♭, B♭, E♭, F, B♭, E♭]. this is a fav of ours to play live. kind of a hippy Nirvana/Smashing Pumpkins. trippy and grungy.
http://soundcloud.com/abeautifulvirus/the-lotus-eatersTHE 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 to 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 bitch...----------------------------------------
Daren Thomas Turner: guitar, vocals
Rob Wilson: drums
Daniel Denial: bass
