i think i’m pretty much ready to start recording basics for that song, which still has no title. i’ve got everything set up and a scratch drum track to sync to. i just need to place mics and record a couple passes for a scratch piano/vocal and then overdub final stereo piano, vocal, stereo keyboards, and a guitar or two. with any amount of luck, i’ll soon have something to work with and maybe even make a rough mix out of.
intro
C – Gm – A – Bb
verse
Ab – Cm | Ab – Cm | Ab – Cm | F – Cm | F – Cm
a ghost on earth, i come to your door…
smear my hands across the panes
let me in
let me in…
an empty vessel, so far from its source
i scratch my fingers upon the glass
let me in,
let me in…
interlude
Bb – F – Ab – Eb | F – Eb – Bb – F
verse
Ab – Cm | Ab – Cm | Ab – Cm | F – Cm | F – Cm
it’s too cold out here, far from life.
do you remember when i was
more than this,
more than this?
i once was warmed; it seems so long ago.
i wear your name across my heart.
can you feel,
can you feel me?
interlude A
Bb – F – Ab – Eb
bridge
Bb – F – Ab – Eb
if only i could speak to you now
i’d show you how i’ve put up a fight.
no more wondering what has become,
no need to cry, here in the night.
interlude B
F – Eb – Bb – F
verse
Ab – Cm | Ab – Cm | Ab – Cm | F – Cm | F – Cm
and i’m so sore, having walked a thousand miles.
a wisp of smoke in the dark
make me real
make me real…
across the silence, you feel like i’m there;
say my name, and i’ll appear
make me real,
make me real…
interlude
Bb – F – Ab – Eb | F – Eb – Bb – F
prechorus
F – C/E – Cm/Eb – Bb/D
chorus
F – C/E – Eb – Bb/G,A,Bb
and i’m fighting for a way to get in;
didn’t you think i’d come back for you?
and i’m finding out a way to begin;
so many things have come to be true.
no more hiding in the shadows again;
open your eyes (no more fear) you can see.
and my vapor it resolves into skin.
wouldn’t you know?, you do this to me.
rideout
F – C/E – Eb – Bb/G,A,Bb
and the grey light recedes into daylight….
my next song is going to be some balls-out rock and roll.
