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Passenger Seat

from Beneath a Balcony by Marc M Cogman

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Written at Dangerland in Studio City during the fall of 2007. I’d begun to experiment with alternative tunings a tiny bit years before, unsuccessfully, but this song marked the first time I’d written a keeper in something other than my D-standard tuning. The tuning for this song is a droney C#-G#-C#-G#- C#-C#. All those open ringing notes create a shimmery sound that I would end up using again for songs on both Anthems and the record I’m currently writing. I built a demo at Dangerland in January 2008 with Giulio Carmassi playing drums, bass, and organ, Steve McDonald on guitar and Matt Cooker playing cello. The album version feature the Dead Messengers in full, and Steve helped make the final version even better with his baritone guitar lead.

Lyrically, the extended metaphor makes for a nice love song about the walls that are built up and eventually (hopefully) broken down when vulnerable people enter into relationships. I was desperate to get behind those emotional walls in the new relationship I was in at the time. I like to think this song helped me break through. The song has taken on a new life for me as the favorite of many fans/friends. I was honored to perform it at the wedding of two dear friends of mine in Louisiana in 2010.

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I'm trying to take us somewhere, baby, but I don't always know the way. But if I could hold your hand a while I promise no mistakes, because we're going very fast now and you're riding next to me and if I follow your directions maybe one day you can fall asleep in the passenger seat.

I've been called much worse than reckless, I've got danger in my face, but I could turn and see you there, I promise that I've changed. Because I'm tired of all the silence, tired of all the empty space. Maybe one day you can close your eyes and know that you'll be safe, fast asleep in the passenger seat.

You've had plenty of collisions, you've got scars that I can see, but I'll help you to forget them if you do the same for me. You may think that you are broken but you fit me perfectly, so believe in this, believe in me, believe that you can fall asleep in the passenger seat.

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from Beneath a Balcony, released August 4, 2009
Marc M Cogman - acoustic guitar, vocals & percussion
Frogs - electric bass
Giulio Carmassi - B3 Hammond organ
Steve McDonald - baritone guitar
Justin Siegel - drums

Produced by Justin Siegel and Marc M Cogman

Recorded at Radar! (Los Angeles, CA) by Justin Siegel and Eddie Jackson and Black Truffle Studio (Los Angeles, CA) by Giulio Carmassi

Mixed at Radar! (Los Angeles, CA) by Eddie Jackson

Mastered at Archon (Sherman Oaks, CA) by Aris Archontis

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