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"'Camera' is an amalgamation of two songs that I'd written, and has probably been the most difficult to piece together, musically, for this album. I wrote and rewrote and rewrote the intro a dozen times, trying to get that PERFECT progression into the all-out heaviness in the main riff, but it wasn't until I saw Story of the Year live for the second time when I really got it. The intro to 'And the Hero Will Drown' is absolutely the most exciting thing I've ever heard live, and I really wanted something as adrenalizing as that to open a Braintree show/album. Hopefully I've been able to get the same sense of anticipation.
All in all, though, this is probably the most melodically dramatic song I've written to date. It focuses on some weird chords that might be minor chords, minor 13th chords, major 9th chords, I don't know that much about music theory to know. They're just cool-sounding chords, and provided me with a million different directions to go in, melodically. Which is probably why it was so hard to write, come to think of it. It starts off like I'd want a live show or an album to start, and segues nicely into the lyrics, which I wanted to both have strict relevance to the subject matter of the song but would also be a nice lyrical gateway into the album as a whole. I like writing lyrics that work on multiple levels, it's a lot better 'Hey babe I love you, you're so pretty', or 'Ooooo oooo oooo my dad sucks, fuck him'. Or not, what do I know? I just like challenging myself."
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