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Restraint: 5. All the Times I Remember

This song is another one written entirely with major chords. That's not a hard thing to do in a diatonic scale if you stick with certain intervals (I-IV-V, of course). This track does not stick to those certain intervals.

No, it's not a groundbreaking technique, but it's enough to lend a certain amount of lift to the song. It doesn't feel quite right, but there's nothing specifically dissonant about it. It's also the only thing I've done (so far) with a marching rhythm. It strikes me as kind of Celtic.

The lyrics are incredibly stream of conscious. This song is already weird musically, so the words should follow suit. At first, I thought they were humorous, but upon closer inspection, they're pretty dark.

-- Posted: 2009-06-22 07:17:00