Dan The Man
Strange Bedfellows
Tracklist
Lyrics written by:
Daniel Taveras
Written and recorded August 2010 - November 2011
The lyrics for Strange Bedfellows are really just concrete manifestations of the original sounds and noises that occupied the scratch tracks for the majority of Daniel's songs. A fanatic for melody, Daniel built most tracks upon vocal melodies he'd make up over the instrumentals he created first. These vocal melodies were usually nothing but gibberish that occasionally were actual words. These actual words made it into the final album, while the gibberish was converted into actual words. This is a common form of songwriting that other musicians such as James Hetfield (Metallica) and Jonsi (Sigur Ros) employ. On Jonsi's Sigur Ros album ( ), that "gibberish" ended up making the final cut and was the basis for the false language "Hopelandic". Because these lyrics were often made up on the spot, Daniel had a hard time remembering what he sang, and there are lyrics on this album that are 100 percent written wrong because he could not remember the words he sang. One song with an actual narrative is "The Monarch". The tune is about a coup on a king, and that coup is perpetrated by his son. The lyrics mostly serve the melody of the song, but to keep them making sense Daniel passed through them and changed a few words around so it would become a complete, readable sentence. He did this with all the songs and out of it a few themes sprang up. Those, however, are up to the listener to parse out.
Take Off
For yourself? For yourself and I take off
For yourself and I go
For yourself and I take off
And I want you to come inside again
And I want you singing songs again
For yourself? For yourself and I take off.
Those Wretched Trees
Pale Horse
When we talked
When we talked about the birds
And all the things that could go wrong
And then they did
Oh my god, it's growing bigger than before
There's a bog across my road
And it's growing bigger than before
There's a bog across my little black road
And it's growing bigger than before.
Chroma Key
And I saw my brother say:
"My chroma key-like view omits black and white"
Deep body down, and there's people to drown.
The Monarch
Take me on...
What coup do you plan on
Unleashing on our family
My second son
Take me on
My second son
*Anguish*.
Guernica
The ruins of Giza
Should take compliments
Even if a blizzard came forth...
Thought I'd be great like Guernica
Dreams of Guernica
No, no, no, Guernica, my art bleeds to be you
Proper works, blue period
Cubist structure
Beautiful
Dreams of Guernica
No, no, no, Guernica, my art bleeds to be you
Never was whole.
In The Morning I Stay
Hey, there's the one
There's the one you're searching
Hey, there's the one
There's the one you're looking for
In the morning I stay...
In the morning I stay...
In the morning I stay...
In the morning I stay....
Bourgeoisie
They're not your friends
They're not your friends
They're not your friends
And you're never gonna see them again
Take out an empty loan
Go and buy a simple tool
To patch up the paper walls
And keep them from eavesdropping
And hearing our low-rent plan
To evacuate them all
From my semi-circle of friends turned enemies
What is the best way to silence them all up for good?
Maybe I'll break a sweat, and even think before I shoot
How funny...I gave them a pill
How funny...it was a placebo
To innoculate the bourgeoisie
Take out an empty loan
Go and buy a simple tool
To patch up the paper walls
And keep them from eavesdropping
And hearing our low-rent plan
To evacuate them all
From my semi-circle of friends turned enemies
What is the best way to silence them all up for good?
Maybe I'll break a sweat, and even think before I shoot
They're not your friends
They're not your friends
They're not your friends
And you're never gonna see them again.
Inner Light
There's a part of me that shines through
Right to you
Suffering
For change
Yeah, right
Because...
There's a part of me that shines through
Right to you
"I looked in, didn't see it...".
Dalliance
A dignified, "Dare I say..."
She locked the front doorway
No key under the mat
Just a dissatisfied voice message
"You were there, but you weren't here".
The Moral Principal
Hands washed by luck
God's name in vain
Just don't be happy
For your love after you.
Daydream Castles
Without a care
Without a care to speak of
Speak of
Yeah...
It's okay.
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