Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them.
I am lumping these two songs I’m going to play today because they are ones that were prompted by my mate Peter. Not exactly co-wrote because we didn’t write these songs together. I just got ideas for these songs from a couple of riffs he played to me in passing, and I just kinda wrote around them.
The first one is inspired by Seether’s Disclaimer II album, (for some f*****g reason?)
Oh hey, fun fact. Peter was born on the same day in the same hospital as Fiso. Middlemore Hospital on the 26th of May 1991.
060800 Gasoline
Because I see youYou’re dripping with gasolineAnd I’ll breathe you inIf it means you’ll never leaveBut I can’t love youYou’re something that I haven’t earnedSo, I’ll just seethe you throughNothing else left to learn
So, I’ll hit the road againFarewell to you my good, good, friendShe’ll keep you pretty happy, pretty busyYou don’t know what you mean to me
To be honestBreathing is getting hardThe more you flatter meThe deeper you stab me in the heartI’ll bring your burdens with meAs a memory of what tore us apartAs long as you sleep in peaceI’ll try to make it back to the start
So, I’ll keep me to myselfFarewell to you, this is the endYou’ll stumble and you’ll fallHere I go againAlone
I wrote Gasoline some time in August 2006.
The next one also stems from a guitar riff Peter played me one time. It’s not the exact one I have, but the piece he played was similar and I was able to use that as reference when composing. And the lyrics were generically inspired by some Brooke Fraser songs.
This is Astray, written on the 20th of September 2006.
060920 Astray
Let’s just stay here for a whileCause baby I’m still so deep in denialWhy would somebody with a beautiful soulFeel something for meDon’t matter ‘bout timeWe could stay here foreverDon’t matter ‘bout promises we said we’d keepI don’t know if there is a way of making sureThat you’re not just another dream
Cause I sure am making progress with you by my sideSo many things I must confessDon’t need these wings to flyCause you lift me up and out, awayEvery time I go astray
There’s something I need to stayBefore we’ve got to partAnd it’s that babyYou’ve mended back my heartCause I, I was lost from the startBut then you found meDon’t matter ‘bout lifeI could certainly survive in your armsDon’t matter ‘bout enemies we have to fightWe’re driving down every roadThat points to the path of infinityEternity with you
Thank you for listening to episode 50 of Every Song. Until next time.
