This came about as Gruff Rhys was joining us on tour in the States. A friend who cuts records suggested we do a split single, each of us playing a song by the other person. Which we did. And this is the song I chose from Gruff’s overwhelmingly excellent repertoire. I love the lyrics and the horn line and how difficult it was for me to play as I’m really bad at changing chords quickly. In the end I cheated and played the riff on one string. With this song I really enjoyed indulging in things I love messing about with, like recorders and rhythms and holding the “fill’ button down on the Casio keyboard beat that I was using for the whole duration of the song. The lyrics are so excellent and the melodies in the song are just a flipping pleasure to sing. It was very fun to make and I’m very grateful to our friend Mike for suggesting the project and especially to Gruff for lending me the song to play.
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Lyrics
Sensation In The Dark
Once upon a time I took to melody and drank it every night
A dedicated pacifist;
No fistfights, no antagonistic knocking out lights
Sensations in the dark
A century of shadows lifted upwards
And discarded to thin air
Now I could speak my mind to others' mothers
Without blushing up to my curly hair
Sensations in the dark
And with a bright air of madness and flair
You introduced me to great new ideas
So you did, so you did, that's right
Well little, little by little we were pulled apart
By forced come to play
Well colour, colour, colour coded I was designated
Emigrated out of your way
Though we were pulled apart
The memories outlast
Adventures in the past
Sensations in the dark
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