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Jim sent me the music and the muses gave me the words! Inspired by the Myth of Sisyphus by albert camus.
A total collaboration!
The myth of sisyphus is discussed here, the .gif was "borrowed" from this page:
http://english.uindy.edu/english_331_docs/camus.htm
A total collaboration!
The myth of sisyphus is discussed here, the .gif was "borrowed" from this page:
http://english.uindy.edu/english_331_docs/camus.htm
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Lyrics
These are the days
and these are the nights
these are the ones
they warned us about
all our lives.
Day in, Day out
all according to plan
whatever you get
is never more than
you can stand
you get a rock
and you push it hard
to get a start
you push it hard
chorus
You keep pushing
you keep pushing
you keep pushing
with all your will
you keep pushing
you keep pushing
you keep pushing
rocks up a hill
and when they fall back down
you can smile.
Once upon a time
in greek myths we're told
of a man condemned
to push a rolling stone
He loved life
and bound death in chains
though he was wise
it was all in vain.
He got a rock
and he pushed it hard
to get to the top
he pushed it hard
chorus
bridge:
You can say
it doesn't matter
you can say it'll never end
you say it's meaningless
that 's absurd, my friend
I only listen
I only listen
when you say
climber
c'mon up clilmber
that's no hill.
Scorned by the gods
and scorned by fate
can you dig it, baby
can you relate?
It's tragic and it's funny
and the minute you know
sometimes you see
and sometimes you don't
You get a rock
and you push it hard
to get to the top
you push it hard
chorus
We get a rock
what are you gonna do
when you get to the top?
are you going to push that rock?
with all you've got?
© kking & jbouchard 2005
and these are the nights
these are the ones
they warned us about
all our lives.
Day in, Day out
all according to plan
whatever you get
is never more than
you can stand
you get a rock
and you push it hard
to get a start
you push it hard
chorus
You keep pushing
you keep pushing
you keep pushing
with all your will
you keep pushing
you keep pushing
you keep pushing
rocks up a hill
and when they fall back down
you can smile.
Once upon a time
in greek myths we're told
of a man condemned
to push a rolling stone
He loved life
and bound death in chains
though he was wise
it was all in vain.
He got a rock
and he pushed it hard
to get to the top
he pushed it hard
chorus
bridge:
You can say
it doesn't matter
you can say it'll never end
you say it's meaningless
that 's absurd, my friend
I only listen
I only listen
when you say
climber
c'mon up clilmber
that's no hill.
Scorned by the gods
and scorned by fate
can you dig it, baby
can you relate?
It's tragic and it's funny
and the minute you know
sometimes you see
and sometimes you don't
You get a rock
and you push it hard
to get to the top
you push it hard
chorus
We get a rock
what are you gonna do
when you get to the top?
are you going to push that rock?
with all you've got?
© kking & jbouchard 2005
Jim Bouchard
2 tracks of acoustic Guild G37, 2 tracks of Strat, 1 track of Tele wha-wha, Kurzweil KME-61 synth pads, Jam Pack 4 orchestral strings, Michael Blair loops, Drums on Demand and Sonic Boombox drum loops, Peavey bass. Electric guitars recorded through DD-20 delay and Peavey Delta Blues amp, SM-57 mic, acoustic with Rode NT-1000 mic, all going through ART Tube PAC, Tascam US122
I also sing on this though just barely... and I contributed a word or two!
I send Kelli this instrumental track and she came up with the perfect lyrics for it, so I really rolled up my sleeves and re-worked it as much as I could. It was a total joy to see this develop. We're turning into quite the macguy&macgalver! I've been enjoying our collaborations quite abit, and this one has been the most satisfying yet!