Tuesday, 17 April 2007

7th Level Shutdown

Taken from "Choreographed Man Of War" 2001.

"Another day gone
Another chance rolling over
Another day gone
Another night I cannot remember
I'm trying but it's just another blackout
Another day gone

I should have come over
I couldn't break the shining chain
Of all the things that you wrote me
You wanted to be alone
And I don't want you to be alone

Another day gone
Another night, seventh level shutdown
Another day gone

I should have come over
I couldn't break the shining chain
Of all the things that you wrote me
You wanted to be alone
And I don't want you to be alone
And I don't want you to be alone
And I don't want you to be alone"

I love the production on the Guitar at the start of this song and then the drum and bass kick in and its a lovely rolling melody and a classic vocal where Pollard rolls the words around his mouth and wraps the feelings around your heart. A wonderful song and one of my favourites which mixes all the best bits of Pollard songwriting.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Saw this live in Athens.

Amazing.

What the Parrot Saw said...

One of the best tunes off this release. Pollard's vocals are genuinely impressive (I hear Lennon, not sure why) with spooky lyrics, perfectly matched to the performance. Great title and idea- I hear it as a hangover tune (in more ways than one). Classic.