6 feet 10 2004 DEMO

(yet to be titled)

Songs:

1. Bubble

2. Changin'

3. Do it for yourself

4. Dog Days

5. Move Along

6.  Tall

 

CREDITS

Recorded in suburbia Aug 2004Produced and Mixed by: Nick Thompson; Engineered by: Will Paul and James; Cubase wizardry: James, Black Voodoo Magic: Will; Microphone creations: Will Paul and James

All songs written by Nick Thompson; Arranged by Nick Thompson/Marc Weber/Dustin Moores.

Musicians: Marc Weber: Bass; Will Paul: Keys; Nick Thompson: Guitars, Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Keys on Dog Days).

LYRICS

Bubble

  I want you to know / As our friendship grows / That you have everything and more / You’re the friend that I adore / I think about the others / And then I usually shudder / As my thoughts ebb into my conscious mind / I think about you all the time / At the end of the day / After all the games they play / And all the pointless things they say / I just kinda drift away / Into my own little bubble / It comes without any trouble / You taught me how to overcome / By telling me it could be done / And perhaps your hugs mean too much / But it’s this friendship that I clutch / I feel like you’re my better half / ‘Cause I don’t have to make you laugh / At the end of the day / After all the games they play / And all the pointless things they say / I just kinda drift away / I hope you dream of everyday / Everywhere and everyway / Without pressure or hearsay / Where we both can drift away… / Where I alone will drift away

 

Changin’

Grow a beard and face my fears / Speak my mind not to feel weird / Introspect is out the door / I threw it out like a two-bit whore / The world is just too nice / To spoil it with a vice / The red man’s crying out for more / And now I’m bolting down the door / I’m changin’ changin’ / For the best, it’s time to rest / If some times I seem confused / It’s not ‘cause I’m abused / Changes may make things absurd / Now my whole life is a blur / If I seem so far away / Chances are I will not stay / And if the blurring does subside / Somehow I’ll be changed inside / I’m changin’ changing, / For the best, it’s time to rest / I’m changin’ changin’ / For the best, it’s time to rest / Grow a beard and face my fears…

 

Do it for yourself

Spite me if you want / I don’t really care / It won’t mean a thing to me / Since my heart was never there / I think that it’s a shame / You’re acting like the way you do / Maybe you’ve found the right one this time / It’s just that I think that you aught to / Do it for yourself, do it for yourself / Don’t you waste your time / Doing it for anybody else / Leave me by myself, just do it for yourself / So as not to waste my time / Doing it for anybody else / I see you’re moving fast / Moving in right then and there / I’m scared to think it might have been / Just the same with me / I once did things to help my cause / Though they were the things I never thought / That I would stoop to do / Just to impress a girl or two / Do it for yourself, do it for yourself / Don’t you waste your time / Doing it for anybody else / Leave me by myself, just do it for yourself / So as not to waste my time / Doing it for anybody else / I wouldn’t lie to anybody so why should you? / I’m thinking that it’s better over / Seeing you act the way you do / The way you do / The way you do / Do it for yourself, do it for yourself / Don’t you waste your time / Doing it for anybody else / Leave me by myself, just do it for yourself / So as not to waste my time / Doing it for anybody else

Dog Days

Try as I might to understand my fate/ Well that’s okay I’ll catch on some day/ Sit in the heat watching boys and girls / As they play in the street / But I doesn’t stay so sweet / Sweet like candy I once ate as a little kid / But now I’m wanting to get rid / Of all these things that make me all grown up / I can’t take the stress / The after hours are the best / Trying to find my inner child / Just to let him run around / It’s time to let myself get wild / After five days in this mind maze / I don’t know if I could handle seven days of weekend / I might get tired by the end / So I grind my axe for forty hours then take it easy / It sounds so sleazy / Spend five days kissing my bosses ass / Silently hoping but barely coping / By Friday PM my knees shake / Don’t we all shake / For our minds’ sake / Trying to find my inner child / Just to let him run around / It’s time to let myself get wild / After five days in this mind maze / Well I’ll find a way to break this gaze / In this damn grayscale / I deserve a raise / Screw the damn pay-scale / There’s got to be a way to be a way / To end all these dog days / I gotta get out of here now / There must be some way how / To find the time / To find the time to be a kid again / Trying to find my inner child / Just to let him run around / It’s time to let myself get wild / After five days in this mind maze / Well I’m going to live a better way / And stay up all night so I can play / And sleep in every single day / Yeah I’ll stay up all night so I can play…

 

Move along 

Hello morning haven’t seen you in a while / With all this moaning / Wouldn’t hurt me to just smile / Hello walkin’ haven’t done you in a while / With all this floating around / It wouldn’t hurt me to just up my style / Got to get my land legs back / Got to get myself back on the track / And move along / Hello ladies, I haven’t had a chance in weeks / With all the party girls out there / Nothing was for good nothing was for keeps / Hello good time not the kind I’ve had for weeks / I mean you growin’ on me / Makin’ my knees week, so to speak / Got to get my land legs back / Got to get myself back on the track / And move along / I don’t know what happened while I was gone / All I know is where I was / Things were not there or they were wrong / Yeah they were not there or they were wrong / So I move along / It’s over  / Get your money back at the door

 

Tall

The waters all around me are murky / But I still wade / They’re throwing curveballs at me in the pouring rain / It hurts my brain / Though I don’t know where I stand / I stand tall / They love to overdo the words / In the end the truth makes lies absurd / They love to overdo the hurt / You’re hand’s in my fire do you wanna get burned / Though I don’t know where I stand / I stand tall / Like I was 6 feet 10 / 6 feet 10 / Damn right I’m 6 feet 10 / I’ll never be the lesser man again / I’ll never be the lesser man again / I’ll never be the lesser man again / I’m gonna be the bigger man again / And that ain’t no pun / Though I don’t know where I stand / I stand tall  / Like I was 6 feet 10 / 6 feet 10 / Damn right I’m 6 feet 10/