2006 was another slim year musically, at least on the recording front. i began working on a concept album entitled "the de-evolution." the album was intended to be a collection of songs, i.e. one long song. unfortunately, i wrote about 10 or so songs and realized, based on the content i was writing about, the scope of the project was going to become much bigger than i intended. to date, the 10 songs have been recorded on 4-track, "the single cell..." being the only one i did a full recording of. other than this, i started experimenting a bit and recorded one of my personal favorite songs, which never received a real title so was left at "041606 2" (Apr 16 2006 was a productive day.) lastly, an acoustic cover of the bloc party song "this modern love." it was recorded as a present and somehow, i even sang it with a weird faux hybrid english accent.
"041606 2" - 4/16/06 **personal favorite**
(instrumental)
"041606" - 4/16/06
(instrumental)
“the single cell opens its eyes” - 11/12/03
(third part in the “de-evolution” concept album)
a single cell
in the presences of a billion other single cells
insignificant
but one day
the single cell
swam away
insignificant and foolish
breaking away from the tradition of inactivity...
heresy
punishable by a new point of view
what did the single cell do?
the single cell
swam away
and became its own being
it began seeing the world in a different way
it began seeing for the very first time
eventually,
the single cell
saw everything a single cell could possibly see
and it came to a dead end
it came to the end of its world
and still
it swam away
and the single cell grew eyes and legs
and walked through its boundary
upon the shores of a brand new world
“this modern love” – 2/1/06
(bloc party cover –featuring faux english accent!)
to be lost in the forest
to be cut adrift
you've been trying to reach me
you bought me a book
to be lost in the forest
to be cut adrift
i've been paid
i've been paid
don't get offended
if i seem absent minded
just keep telling me facts
and keep making me smile
don't get offended
if i seem absent minded
i get tongue-tied
baby, you've got to be more discerning
i've known never known what's good for me
i will be yours
i'll pay for you anytime
you told me you wanted to eat up my sadness
well jump on, enjoy, you can gorge away
you told me you wanted to eat up my sadness
jump right on
baby, you've got to be more discerning
i've known never known what's good for me
baby, you've got to be more demanding
i will be yours
what are you holding out for?
what's always in the way?
why so damn absent-minded?
why so scared of romance?
this modern love breaks me
this modern love wastes me
do you wanna come over and kill some time?
tell me facts, tell me facts, tell me facts
tell me facts
throw your arms around me
