other corners:

so, this evening i went and watched scott play a short set at muse. he played one of his newer book on tape worm songs called corners and it reminded me of something i could post.

the first time i heard them play corners in their set it kind of made me chuckle. occasionally on facebook chat, scott and i will enter into a rap back and forth. not really a battle, but just a back and forth of related lyrics or whatever. lately, it's the only time i end up writing anything. or at least anything moderately decent. anyway, months ago he sent me what was an early version of what ended up being (maybe just part of) the first verse of corners. i generally end up reading anything scott sends as rap lyrics. probably cause that's how i write, so it's just the first thing i think to read it as. it's quite possible none of the lyrics he sends me are rap style at all. but anyway, i can't recall exactly how it went. it was about an old man and photographs and it had a very nostalgic, somber, but with a bit of silver lining buried deep within feel to me when i read it. it stars 'i see an old man...' this is the 2/3 of a verse i wrote back:

i see a young man lost in his doubts /
can't see his way out the fog of war clouds /
another day another battle left to be spun /
piece after piece, less lost than are won /
in the thicket of the thing, can't hold it under thumb /
it feels like air being sucked out of lungs /
but its volumes of pictures of songs still sung /
with no frames, there's not enough time to get hung /
must answer the call of the next bell rung /
they may look for the trophies, but in truth we need none /



i wish i still had scott's version he sent me, just as a comparison thing. ah well.

so, i've been meaning to post more. specifically more lyrics. which would require me to write them. so i am currently figuring out the proper way to approach such production and hopefully soon i'll start getting things up more regularly again. for now, i figured i could put this up as a... i dunno.. teaser, i guess.

if you happen to be in provo on saturday night, you should come to velour and watch book on tape worm and the other nice bands that are playing. maybe i'll get a video of corners to post up here, so you can see/hear what the (much better, in my opinion) inspiration for my part-verse was. maybe some day i'll finish it too.

now i'm rambling. gonna press publish now.

**edit**
my friend maddison recorded corners at the show. here it is for your enjoyment.



she also recorded two (or i guess one and half) other songs from the show which you can check out, along with this one, at her blog.

posted by adam @ 12:44 AM