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Cold Sky

G.S.: vocals, guitar, drums, 8-string bass. Recording info same as "As The Sky". Lyrics written fall, 1982, music written fall, 1984.

This was originally conceived as an opening tune for my first band, Watcher, shortly before we broke up. At that time I was about half way through writing Night Circus and had hoped the band would do it. The lyrics are not personal. They were an attempt to write something darkly existential, like "After All" off Bowie's "Man Who Sold The World". The middle section ("joined forces and built our power", etc.) was written later on (though well before the song was recorded) and inserted to make the song fit the story line. In '87, two years after completion of the tracks, I rewrote that section's lyrics with the intention of re-recording them before mixdown (which had been put off until then). Unfortunately because of track distribution this was impossible without having to re-record other tracks as well, so I had to let it go.

I think this was done at all the same sessions as "As The Sky" too. They both feature the same guitar, a JC Penny Effector with built in push-button effects. (The only other time this was used was on the Paper Bag song "Ambient Languages".) The switch from clean to distorted was all done with the guitar, no pedals- so, with my hands, while playing.

Eventually I did have a band called Cold Sky- but we never played this song!

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from Always Look On The Dark Side Of Life, released September 18, 2015

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