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The God In Me Just Evaporated

Hey all, here is my first new song of 2015.

This is a strange one to kick things off. It falls under the category of what I describe as ‘fever dream’ music.

“The God In Me Just Evaporated” is a strange mix of blues, electro, disco, post punk and maybe a bit of ambient for good measure. It came about pretty organically as bits and pieces started to merge together to form a picture.

The song was inspired by my home country of Australia. I don’t often write about Australia as everywhere else always seems a lot more exciting to me – you know, the grass is always greener. Anyway, what you quickly discover about Australia is that once you leave civilization (i.e. Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane etc) and venture into the outback it can become a pretty terrifying place. If something can bite you, poison you, eat you, break you or generally scare the hell out of you it resides down under. Make no mistake, Australia is unforgiving.

Importantly, there is a real sense of isolation in the Australian outback. I’ve been around and to me it is different to any other desert or landscape anywhere in the world. It is alien. It feels like nothing has ever existed out there. It feels like a land before time. I’ve heard someone describe as being older than God.

With that in mind, I was also inspired by the brilliant 2005 John Hillcoat film ‘The Proposition’ and its idea that God does not exist in the outback – that the land sucks any belief out of you (i.e. the God in me just evaporated). I actually sampled the film. You can hear Guy Pearce and the beyond incredible John Hurt conversing. I tried to write lyrics that reflect the feeling of their conversation. I don’t know... You’ll get the idea. It is more about mood.

I think the music does a good job communicating vastness. I also give my old Guild 12 string a workout which I haven’t used in a while. Think I’ll end up using it a lot more this year.

I like this one.

Hope you enjoy!

The East Village Vampire

LYRICS...

Mr Lamb:

"Russia, China, The Congo... Oh, I have travelled among unknown people in lands beyond the sea.

But nothing! Nothing could have prepared me for this God forsaken hole."

East Village Vampire:

I am lost in a shroud of stars
I am lost and on my own
Feel it leaving me behind
Soon the land will claim my bones
Because there's nothing out here to find
No there's nothing but sand and stone
And those birds circling the sky
Will never point the way back home
See them turn and turn and turn
See them turn and turn and turn

Charlie Burns:

"Do you pray Mr. Lamb?"

Mr. Lamb:

"Good lord son no I do not!

I was in days gone by a believer, but alas I came to this beleaguered land and the God in me just evaporated..."

The East Village Vampire:

I feel all God leaving my soul
I feel the city lights fading away
And all memory of you will dissolve
but the scars will always remain
And the land is looking for blood
And it knows that's what it will find
And those birds keep circling the sky
See them turn and turn and turn
See them turn and turn and turn

See them turn and turn and turn
See them turn and turn and turn