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Restraint: 4. Release

An early sketch of this song was nothing more than a chord progression -- just a bass line moving in thirds. I had no idea how this song would sound till I started laying down tracks. When I was done, it turned out to be some strange mix of Sarah McLachlan's "Vox" and Sasagawa Miwa's "Hokuro".

This song took a lot of tweaking to get right. I experimented with a bunch of melodies before I settled on the one eventually used, which necessitated a transposition in order for me to sing it. The song was originally in C minor, but A minor gives a bit more weight to the bass.

The syncopation in the rhythm section pretty much locked in the rest of the song. I tried to give the guitars a bit more independence, but that rhythm is way too strong.

As for the lyrics, well, replace the word "soul" with "seed", and you should get the drift. I was at a loss for anything else to write, and I don't usually make a habit of writing so suggestively.

-- Posted: 2009-06-15 09:03:00