Big Red

If I eat something with cinnamon in it, my taste buds fall off. Literally.

But this is where it gets ‘clever’. Here it’s a metaphor for doing something you know will come back at you with repercussions. Song also includes a pipe organ in the mix.

Usual demo caveats: recorded in Pete’s closet (for reals), rough vocals and guide instrument tracks, place-holder lyrics etc.

lyrics

Set in stone, if I wanted ends to wait then you’d know 
(The dust blows back, the dust blows back) 
You can smile, you can try and claim the odds 
Well, nuts to you 
For soon I’ll see you lose your colours 

Oh yeah, that burns like cinnamon. 

In better times, better stead would keep the two of us unknown 
The very thought a calloused soul could kill a friend just to feel 

For the red earth you’ll see on the morrow 
Is desolate and bourne from sorrow. 
Bittersweet sentiments look for me.

credits

from DEMOS for ‘The Sophomore Slump’
Recorded and mixed by Pete with assistance from Sullo.