Studio Diary 7

Current mood:  drained

Just got back from the studio. Another long, yet productive day. Spent most of today writing lyrics for the untitled track, and this is what i ended up with: “dream girl” distant love i’m dreaming of a time when things between us weren’t so sad can it be my fantasy a different situation than we have Chorus: when i’m fast asleep at night your love rings true for me maybe somewhere down the line you’ll be more than a dream sweet allure i do adore you’re such perfection in so many ways why are you too good to be true? oh yeah, that’s right…you’re my imagination Where did time go? I’ve lost it dreaming of her Where’s that happy glow? don’t think that i’ll recover Seems so long ago.. That i’ve had any other i just can’t find another, so i’ll dream away.. so there you go, tentatively titled “Dream Girl”. I had been struggling to write lyrics for this song for quite some time, i think mainly because I was striving for something that wasn’t in me, so today i just rolled with whatever naturally came out. It just so happened I woke up today from a dream about a girl that I have a crush on. This song is not about her, but I did feel inspired to write lyrics when I woke up. Lyrically, this one did end up sounding a little on the pessimistic side, with an honest feeling of hope in it, but i’m not sure exactly what or who it’s about specifically, but it’s what came out, so whatever. Lyrics don’t always have to be about something specific. Sometimes you can’t overthink things…just let things flow.. Got to the studio around 7pm today, picked up some Yeungling’s on the way, and ate some hearty beef stew @ Allen’s. Then, at about 9pm, Allen went to go hang out with his g/f so I stayed in the studio and worked on vocals for “Dream Girl”. I am pleased with the results, and Allen dug it when he got back around midnight. I’ll know tomorrow if it was actually pretty good. I was definitely belting out for this track, more than any other. The track is very driving and edgy. So that’s the update from the studio end. We redo bass parts tomorrow and hopefully complete guitar overdubs. Later for now. p.s. “return of the raj” was confirmed today for next week. vg.