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This song was written and demoed in my hotel rooms in Nadi and Pacific Harbor, in Fiji in April/May of 2007. While I worked on several songs during my time in Fiji, this is the only one I actually completed while still there. The finished album version recorded in the fall of 2008 at Radar! is nearly identical to the original demo.
At the time, I thought it was one of the happiest songs I’d ever written, which means (of course) the happy situation that inspired it was doomed to fail almost immediately after the song was finished. The lyrics touch upon the real-life relationship I was in at the time, as well as the themes of obtaining happiness (and its elusive nature) while being an artist. The title was graciously given to me by my friend Joshua Cox, who was with me in Fiji. A talented songwriter himself, he meant to write a song with that title, but allowed me to take it when I thought it would be perfect for this one.
lyrics
When it all works out for us, and all the music come to an end, and you ain’t got any poems left in your pen, sure there’ll be some things that I miss, but I will learn to love your silence instead and you will learn to love my hand at rest, no ink on my fingers, no song on my lips. And I’ll feel like I’m on track again. And you’ll feel you can’t go back again. Love and the line, even another hundred times, still we won’t know the half of it.
We can learn a few new tricks. And we won’t talk about when I’m leaving next. No, we’ll just talk about the books we’ve read, and where we’ve been. I won’t promise you the moon. But maybe I can make the small dreams come true. Yeah, maybe I can scratch your back for you. All the little things you need, darling, I’ll do. And improvise the rest of it. And try not to make a mess of it. Love and the line, let’s cross it one more time, and we’ll just make the best of it.
We’ll just make the best of it. And try not to make a mess of it. Love and the line, let’s cross it one more time, and just improvise the rest of it.
credits
from Beneath a Balcony,
released August 4, 2009
Marc M Cogman - acoustic guitar, vocals & harmonica
Produced by Justin Siegel and Marc M Cogman
Recorded at Radar! (Los Angeles, CA) by Justin Siegel and Eddie Jackson
Mixed at Radar! (Los Angeles, CA) by Eddie Jackson
Mastered at Archon (Sherman Oaks, CA) by Aris Archontis
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