The Sitcom
FROM DEMO TO RELEASE
Hear what modern tools can make of original work: the demo as it was written and recorded, next to the finished track.
The original
The release
THE STORY
The Sitcom
The Sitcom started the way most of these songs do: an acoustic guitar, the couch, an evening with nothing much planned. The theme and chords came together within the hour and felt finished right away, which is usually a sign the rest will take years ;-) And it did. The lyrics arrived in bits and pieces, the arrangement grew with every new idea, and somewhere along the way I started trying to record it properly. Attempt after attempt ended the same way: close, but not good enough for my own ears. So it went back on the shelf, got dusted off now and then, and went back again.
Then the tools caught up. Modern production technology made it possible to finally hear the song the way it had been playing in my head all along. A quick sketch that took a long time to finish, which, come to think of it, is how most good things seem to go.
THE WORDS
VERSE 1
I should know better I should not be talking to you but I know I'll keep crawling back to you You don't turn to reason You just keep on laughing at me and I know I'll keep crawling back to you
CHORUS
The bolts from your eyes The frown you always wear I really should not be with you but I don't care
VERSE 2
I might not take it anymore Knowing that you are near but I know I'll keep crawling back to you You told me to bless the day we met It's you that makes my life you said and you know I'll keep crawling back to you
CHORUS
The bolts from our eyes The frown we always wear We really should not be but we don't care
BRIDGE
Well it's a shame that you can't take me as I am Well it's a shame that someday I'll change my mind Well it's a shame that I can't take you as you are Well it's a shame that someday you'll change your mind
CHORUS
You should know better You should not be talking to me but I know you'll keep crawling back to me I told you to bless the day we met It's me that makes your life I said and I know you'll keep crawling back to me
OUTRO
The bolts from my eyes The frown I always wear You really should not be with me but you don't care Well it's a shame that we can't take us as we are Well it's a shame that someday we'll change our mind We should know better We should not be talking as we know we'll keep crawling