It took me 8 hours to see my reflection
500 miles down to the next one
when questioned I feign like a fallen leaf
so don't ask me...
why it took so long to find my reflection
and how it ever came around by suggestion
that I could find a place here in my travels
it all unravels...
And then my conscience calls to me
how could you desert me?
and leave me to fend for myself
like I don't need somebody else
I can't see how it came to this
but ignorance is bliss
going out of my mind
I feel like I have wasted my time
It seems now that it started off so clearly
and of all things, ended up so dirty
and I complain, but 2 years is still the same
I face the blame...
And then my conscience calls to me
you know you can't beat me
but to lose is not fair
when smoke is still in the air
And everything just starts anew
what was false is true
when my guilt trip is done
there's nothing left to do but run... run
I am incomplete
so why do I feel guilty?
I am a master of absolutely nothing
I am incomplete
and that is why I'm guilty
I am a master of absolutley nothing
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Background:
Music: I envisioned the structure to the verse parts while driving to Philadelphia from Fort Wayne, IN. heh. (the same time I came up with the lyrics). Then I worked the chords out a day or two later, and they kinda resemble what I had in mind. The bridge part after the verse is the old jb-jam that was written 10/99 but fits in nicely. It was going to be in Ish but got ganked for a song with lyrics. Whatever, it works. I found a transition for the 'chorus' out of the second verse - nearly a year later! There's really only one 'chorus' and it comes out into the main riff, and then ends somewhat abruptly. It's about 3:30 or so long. Incidentally, I figured out the first three chords of the verse progression are the same first three chords as the main riff to AC/DC's Back In Black. Kinda scary.
Lyrics: the entire first verse and bridge were thought of in the middle of the 600 mile road trip mentioned above. yay. inspired by a rather unpleasant stint in grad school.
