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Selfish Love

from Before the Dawn Comes by Drew Eddy Jones

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I have spent months tweaking this and have done something like 20 takes on the vocals until I was happy with it. I like the way it finally came out though, I think the effort was well worth it. *ALL* OF THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE ACTUALLY BEING PLAYED BY ME.
The only digital instrument your hearing is the midi piano which was recorded through a 1/4" guitar cable 3 times and then stacked to give it a more realistic sound:) Ironically the electric guitar you hear was actually recorded from a mic'd amplifier, which is a technique that, with the advent of better software, is being left by the wayside. I think it sounds better than artificial modelers though, or at least the ones at my disposal.

This song is part of, what is for now, a trilogy of songs that all complete the same thought. The others are "On a Wire" and "Blue" : www.furaffinity.net/view/3079302 www.furaffinity.net/view/3079302

The instruments are:
COWS-1100 Rainsong carbon fiber acoustic guitar
Crappy assed 2005 Radio shack branded keyboard on "grand piano"
Frettless Samick bass
Glockenspiel of unknown make
Electric guitar of my own make played through a Orange amplifier

lyrics

This kind of selfish love
You were so far above me
You were always thinking of ways you could make my life better
But I never saw you for what you were
Maybe I'll write it all down in a letter
But I'm afraid you'll leave before I turn

You know im so confused
You did'nt try to hurt or use me
You have a way thats clear
You try s hard i conceed
You have a way thats sincier
I'm cold wont you come and warm me

Your touch is like a flower
I'm begining to need it every hour of the day
I'm never quite there but still, I'm happy
I'm there just as long as I am sad
Your arms circle round and trap me
Yet my heart is still iron clad

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from Before the Dawn Comes, track released September 19, 2010
Drew Jones

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