soma

Oh so very funky and fun and danceable. To me its very chiaro-scuro (fancy art term), in that its light and dark at the same time, juxta posed next to each other, and its good in a confusing “I dunno where the hell I stand” kinda way….its light and poppy, but deep and groaning at the same time….like the opening verse lines are light and relaxed and wanna sit back and bop your head and smile, then it goes into those “and they liked it and tried to hide it” bits and its tense and gritty and makes wanna shake your head about violently. i imagine Julian’s eye brows are going insane from being furrowed one minute to raised the next…it makes you wanna bop you’re head and according to guitar magazine “you could do the killer dance steps ‘70’s glamsters Mud used to do”…mmm indeed.

Oh and how god damn cool do they wanna finish this song??? It rocks! “oh and that’s it” its so dont-give-a-damn cheeky and suggestive at the same time, I love it!

Oh and is it “racing againnst fig tress” or “racing against their dreams?”….the latter makes more sense, but then…why would that be a reason? email me if you know...

Soma
Soma is what they would take when
Hard times opened their eyes
Saw pain in a new way
High stakes for a few names
Racing against sun beams
Losing against their dreams
In your eyes

And I am
Stop
And go
In your eyes
See I am
Stop
And go
In your eyes
Let's go

When I saw her for the first time
Lips moved as her eyes closed
Heard something in his voice
"And I'll be there", he says
Then he walks out
Somehow he was trying
Too hard to be like them

Well I am
Stop
And go
In your eyes
And I am
Stop
Oh, darling, let me go

Tried it once and they like it
Then tried to hide it
Says, "I've been doing this 25 years"
But I'm not listening no more
And these friends, they keep asking for more
Oh, yeah
Oh, but that's it