Blue Tracks:
1. If it's Alright with You
2. Fine (acoustic)
3. Necessary Pain
4. Keep the Light
5. Silence Tells
6. Sneaking up From Behind
7. Waiting
8. Won't Make It
9. Fine (electric)
10. As It Burns
11. The Next Step
As It Burns
Lyrics:
it never fails to beg for revolution always wear a hole in my best shoes cold and black anoint the greasy emblem raise the flag we pasted with red glue feed the fish scramble fight for ration smile boys that's the style DON'T COVER YOUR EYES IT'S REALITY DON'T LEAVE IT BEHIND IT'S YOUR LEGACY BUT REMEMBER AS IT BURNS THAT IT'S YOUR HOME they say that every story has two sides in a shiny silver casket lies the truth but all we get to see is different lies justice in my hand but where is truth electric-cineration 'cause you killed a man today your teacher's living free but i'll kill you is it original sin one to start us on our way or can we claim as our god nature thus forgiving all we do it never fails to beg for revolution always wear a hole in my best shoes
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I think the very most interesting thing about this song is the drums. They are weird, to be sure. But that's not what makes them interesting...exactly. You see, at the time when I was recording this song, I didn't really know how to play drums. I had recently purchased a crappy 1970's drum set from a no-name vendor from a family whose kids were all grown up and they decided they didn't want it anymore. I bought it because at the time my first PPTKO band was forming up and Nathan Thompson didn't have a drum set of his own. We needed a set to practice on so I went and bought it used. It is actually a pretty good set I guess for the price I paid. Things were made better back in those days. I recorded all of blue and all of Contagion on it. So, after having owned the set for about three weeks I set out to record "as it burns". I had gotten good enough to at least hit the drums at what PASSES as the right time. Close enough anyway. I had no idea what I was doing, only an idea of what maybe I should be doing so I just did it. Besides that tidbit, this song is also a bit odd in other ways. It's obviously very dismal and satiristic. I personally really like the imagery. The saddest point of all is that ultimately I do realize that I myself am just as horrible as anyone else. A wise man once said that the purpose for having literature expose the darker sides of humanity is that it elucidates them and allows a starting point for change. I go back and forth on that. But here is a little match to light the face of our shared iniquities. Cheers.
Credits:
Everything written and performed by JC Simonsen.
Legal:
Copyright (c) 1998 JC Simonsen. All Rights Reserved.
