i'm glad you guys are digging into the tune. despite it's surface simplicity, it's a very complicated little ditty.
since i wrote everything including the lyrics, i can give you guys a lof of insight into the song itself.
please upload your slow version, i want to hear it.
chrisj and sidechain, digging into the lyrics for mix direction.......very nice!!!!!!
this song, and all the songs on the secret club record, are fairly tricky to decipher. the music holds just as much value as the lyrics if you want to "find the point". the unconventional arrangements are VERY intentional and in a lot of ways, the lyrics are just used to create a secondary (or another) metaphor to the music.
so yes, the song was a xmas gift to my dad, his health was, and is currently, fine. i wrote the song in the thick of writing the rest of the record and the rest of the band wanted it to open the record, it seemed to make sense to me, so we went with it.
i'll reveal more and answer any questions you have tomorrow.