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The Mesmers' first CD is a soundtrack for your mysterious and adventurous life. Listen:
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Agents in black suits, the tingling at the back of your neck, and things that go bump in the night. This song could be about them all -- or maybe just an overactive imagination. You decide.
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| Album: | The Mesmers |
| Date Released: | 12-27-05 |
| Written by: | Fitz/Ridgeway |
| Recorded at: | Gimlet Studio |
| Produced by: | Fitz/Ridgeway |
| Mixed by: | Bruce Miller |
| Time: | 4:17 |
| Tempo: | 130bpm |
Smoke and mirrors
Games of chess you can not win
Feigned indifference
When you catch their eye
At the subway station
They're ten feet back and to the right
Never drawing closer
Never falling far behind
DON'T TURN AWAY
THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE ANYWAY
NOTHING THAT'S FOR REAL
TO TOUCH SEE OR FEEL
JUST DO WHAT YOU DO
AS IF THEY WERE NOT WATCHING YOU
EVER GROWING NEAR
THE ARCHITECTS OF FEAR
Take a drive at midnight
A lonely road, a quiet town
Nothing out of place
But nothing still quite right
It's the darkest feeling
When you've see a stranger all day long
Never drawing closer
Never falling far behind
CHORUS: repeat
(bridge)
CHORUS: repeat
Deadlines can be cruel masters and such is the story of this version of Architects of Fear. The band was working furiously to complete the album and get it to Bruce Miller for mixing. As such, we simply didn't have enough time to work out a solid "studio" version of this song.
Jay loved the very first take we'd ever done of it and advocated its inclusion on the CD as a "lo-fi" version. I was never too keen on it because I felt my singing wasn't up to par. I was literally reading the lyrics from the sheet and improvising bits of the melody as we recorded it. Jay feels that made for a very natural delivery -- I only hear innumerable things that could've been corrected with just a few rehearsals. However, time ran out so Jay's preference prevailed; and what you hear on the album is the very first take -- warts and all.
- Fitz
I hope we have a chance to re-record this song some day...
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