Graves for Sophistry
by @danxduran
Liner Notes
In previous FAWMs I've often looked to the news for song ideas... haven't really done that this FAWM until now.
I came across an article on BBC News about using modern tech to read a 2000-year-old burnt Roman scroll, and - of course - it was a work of philosophy. It's as if the ancient Greeks and Romans ever wrote anything else... It was always going to be a work of philosophy, wasn't it?
Anyway. I had the idea for the chorus riff you hear on the bass for a while, but as a vocal melody. Putting together the song I realised it was way too hard to sing (for me), so switched it to the bass and chose a simpler vocal melody. Seems to have worked.
The guitar sounds not quite as good as some of my other tunes this FAWM because it was done before I found the absolute sweet spot for my microphones a few weeks ago. But it's good enough.
Drums: SD3 Dark Matter Bass: Fender Jaguar through Guitar Rig 7 Synths: Odyssey, Minimonsta, OP-X Guitar: Les Paul knockoff through Big Muff Pi, Orange Crush amp
Lyrics
in ancient rome the plebians wrote down their random thoughts no matter what they're what we now call the philosophers
and now we found their diaries so we know their truth they're wholly like us, they're nothing like us
and if we found their diaries we know their lies they're nothing like us, they are us
but i never owned any slaves does that cancel me? i wish i could have dug more graves for sophistry
and now we found their diaries so we know their truth they're wholly like us, they're nothing like us
and if we found their diaries we know their lies they're nothing like us, they are us
and now we found their diaries so we know their truth they're wholly like us, they're nothing like us
and if we found their diaries we know their lies they're nothing like us, they are us
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This is wild. Lovely tones and production. Digging the lyrics, in or out of context with the liner notes, it's cool and kinda mysterious. And as usual, your synth work gets me puuuumped!