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Our LIOLI 8 Entry. Die, Dr. LIOLI, DIE!!! (The loop represents the counter-melody in the second chorus and pops up here and there afterwards, especially the outro).
From Lisa: Lately, I've had more of an urge to be involved earlier in the musical process that I often am and during LIOLI 7 Matt indulged me on our song, Wake Up, by letting me write the basic song and then fancying it up afterwards. We did the same thing on this one, where I wrote a very basic musical part (mostly a bassline and crappy drums) for myself to work with and wrote and sang my parts, then handed it to Matt to bring the awesome. Everyone should have a bandmate as generous and supportive as him.
Lyrically, I've been thinking for a while that fairy tales are a rich source of lyrical concepts, even if the original story isn't identified. I have several single friends who love the book, "He's Just Not that Into You," which is supposed to help women "decode" a man's actions in order to gauge his level of interest. I started to think about that book in terms of some fairy tales, especially Rapunzel. There's a chapter in HJNTIY, which is titled something like "He's Just Not That Into You if He's Not Calling," and I thought about Rapunzel, locked in a tower, basically waiting for her prince to show up whenever it's convenient for him to scale her hair. She's sort of the epitome of a woman who is waiting by the phone, so I started thinking about the things that might rocket around Rapunzel's brain right after reading HJNTIY.
Of course, every situation is individual and Rapunzel would have had the wrong end of the stick if she'd thought her prince didn't love her. Perception is a very powerful thing in relationships and Rapunzel getting a copy of HJNTIY at the wrong time could have given her fairy tale a very different ending.
From Matt: A few years ago I told Lisa that I was looking forward to her contributing some music writing to our growing catalog. Beginning with Wake Up and now with Rapunzel, you can hear her work as a songwriter, as opposed to simply a singer and lyric composer. On this one, I felt I had the role Depeche Mode has with Martin Gore's songs. Take the song and make it something that feels like The Orbiting. That is The Orbiting. A great deal of fun for me, especially as I don't have to labor over arrangement decisions. To me the song is about a woman who lets down her hair. I had no idea it meant more that that!
Thanks to the LIOLI organizers for providing us incentive to finish a song in relatively quick fashion.
From Lisa: Lately, I've had more of an urge to be involved earlier in the musical process that I often am and during LIOLI 7 Matt indulged me on our song, Wake Up, by letting me write the basic song and then fancying it up afterwards. We did the same thing on this one, where I wrote a very basic musical part (mostly a bassline and crappy drums) for myself to work with and wrote and sang my parts, then handed it to Matt to bring the awesome. Everyone should have a bandmate as generous and supportive as him.
Lyrically, I've been thinking for a while that fairy tales are a rich source of lyrical concepts, even if the original story isn't identified. I have several single friends who love the book, "He's Just Not that Into You," which is supposed to help women "decode" a man's actions in order to gauge his level of interest. I started to think about that book in terms of some fairy tales, especially Rapunzel. There's a chapter in HJNTIY, which is titled something like "He's Just Not That Into You if He's Not Calling," and I thought about Rapunzel, locked in a tower, basically waiting for her prince to show up whenever it's convenient for him to scale her hair. She's sort of the epitome of a woman who is waiting by the phone, so I started thinking about the things that might rocket around Rapunzel's brain right after reading HJNTIY.
Of course, every situation is individual and Rapunzel would have had the wrong end of the stick if she'd thought her prince didn't love her. Perception is a very powerful thing in relationships and Rapunzel getting a copy of HJNTIY at the wrong time could have given her fairy tale a very different ending.
From Matt: A few years ago I told Lisa that I was looking forward to her contributing some music writing to our growing catalog. Beginning with Wake Up and now with Rapunzel, you can hear her work as a songwriter, as opposed to simply a singer and lyric composer. On this one, I felt I had the role Depeche Mode has with Martin Gore's songs. Take the song and make it something that feels like The Orbiting. That is The Orbiting. A great deal of fun for me, especially as I don't have to labor over arrangement decisions. To me the song is about a woman who lets down her hair. I had no idea it meant more that that!
Thanks to the LIOLI organizers for providing us incentive to finish a song in relatively quick fashion.
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Lyrics
Rapunzel
In our loneliness
we agree
to almost anything.
Singing from my tower
you asked me to let you in.
You told me you loved me
and would always need me near,
but you would always leave me
and I'd never know
when you would reappear.
How can this be love,
when it can't be returned?
Taken out in the world?
When it's not what I dreamed of?
Separated from my love,
I cried and cried your name,
and every time I thought I lost you
is when you came again.
I hoped you'd take me far from here
and set us free from shame.
Instead I turn to hide my face,
can't watch you disappear again.
How can this be love,
when it can't be returned?
Taken out in the world?
When it's not what I dreamed of?
Rapunzel, Rapunzel,
let down your hair.
I will climb it
and give you my name.
How can this be love,
when it can't be returned?
Taken out in the world?
When it's not what I dreamed of?
(it's not what I dreamed of, it's not what I dreamed of)
You told me you loved me and would always need me near.
In our loneliness
we agree
to almost anything.
Singing from my tower
you asked me to let you in.
You told me you loved me
and would always need me near,
but you would always leave me
and I'd never know
when you would reappear.
How can this be love,
when it can't be returned?
Taken out in the world?
When it's not what I dreamed of?
Separated from my love,
I cried and cried your name,
and every time I thought I lost you
is when you came again.
I hoped you'd take me far from here
and set us free from shame.
Instead I turn to hide my face,
can't watch you disappear again.
How can this be love,
when it can't be returned?
Taken out in the world?
When it's not what I dreamed of?
Rapunzel, Rapunzel,
let down your hair.
I will climb it
and give you my name.
How can this be love,
when it can't be returned?
Taken out in the world?
When it's not what I dreamed of?
(it's not what I dreamed of, it's not what I dreamed of)
You told me you loved me and would always need me near.
lengold
beautiful song, beautifully written and performed/produced.
Cheers
Len