My track draws on my haiku but the theme is about pantheism and communing with nature. I quite like the line about growing lighter in the shade of a tree.
Inspiration for the song comes from Max Martin and Dr Luke, who have been responsible for a number of the biggest hits in pop music over the last decade. I read a beaut piece at Popbitch about their approach and took a few lessons from it, particularly the opening guitar riff.
The lyrics were written and recorded quickly. I don't consider myself a singer, so they're very much a 'trace' of an idea (to use the term from John Seabrook's book The Song Machine). I don't really consider myself a guitar player either but, anyway, it's a sketchy sketch too.
This track also uses the 3/4 bassline idea that I've been incorporating into various tracks for the last six months or so. And I had the idea that I should also include woodwind instruments, so I added a couple of MIDI clarinets from Ableton Live's sampled instruments.
Cypress pine
move with the wind
create a calm
deep within
In the quiet
empty space
a resonance
fills this place
From the branch
high in the tree
a sound like old tape
is calling me
In the cool shade
I close my eyes
feel a spirit
stir inside
And
Fall away
fall away
all my trouble
and some pain
Fall away
fall away
become distant
and I feel a change
I grow lighter
in the shade
of the tree
where I pray
Here I know
the divine
here I know
peace of mind
It’s my nature
in this space
far away
from the human race
They all
Fall away…