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Simple And Not

from Simple And Not by Greg Segal

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"Simple and Not" could not have been written at another time in my life. I understood things from one side only; now, as a parent, the sadness and horror of a child's suicide is much clearer to me. I had sympathy for the parent's feelings before having kids; and in fact, during the time in my life where I was much like the "layabout" character of this suite, it was primarily how my death would affect my parents and siblings that stopped me from voluntarily sliding off the earth. Still, I could not know what a parent's concern for a child's future felt like, I could not know the pressure of feeling responsible for motivating and guiding and even giving tough love when it appeared necessary for their well-being. I could only see my own disgust with the world I was expected to get along in, my sense of their having given in and given up, and their expectation, however well intended, that I do the same. One of the reasons I waited so long to have children was this: how do you sell them a way of life you despise? How do you help them along without poisoning them with your own cynicism? There was no easy answer before, there is no easy answer now. I only know that mistakes in judgment can have catastrophic effects. The only answer I have ever seen for this is love. Maybe tempered with patience. I am not a fan of tragedy, and this was only written because it entered my head and refused to go away until I dealt with it this way. May you and I and our loved ones never have to deal with this in real life.

GS, October 2016

lyrics

The Words

a) Simple and Not

Simple and not
Knowledge and regret
Never meant to hurt
Never meant to hurt
Never

What else was there to do
It seemed so simple
It was not

The answers made sense
They did not

Never meant to
Never meant to
Never

b)Nursery Rhyme

Layabout, layabout, why don't you rise
Go outside and look out at the skies

The only thing that feels good is nothing

Layabout, layabout, how will you work,
Pay your bills, eat, have a job and don't shirk

The only thing that feels good is nothing

Layabout, layabout, sleeping all day,
You're not getting younger, time's slipping away
You can't coast forever off everyone else

The only thing that feels good is nothing

Layabout, layabout, why won't you rise,
Respond to my volume, respond to my cries....


Functional Impossibilities

Functional impossibilities
Exist nonetheless
New ones come
Each go at some point
While others somehow continue

credits

from Simple And Not, released October 19, 2016
The Words:
Simple and Not
Nursery Rhyme

Arrangements

Broken, Unhealed

Memories

Room, No Occupant

Layabout's Last Dream

Functional Impossibilites

total time: 29:38

All sounds composed and performed by Greg Segal.
Recorded July to October, 2016, at Phantom Airship 7, Portland, OR, USA
Cover by GS, using public domain illustrations.


Instruments:
vocals, virtual instruments with keyboard controller, cello, violin, electric bass, electric guitar, recorder, drums, percussion, homemades.

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