DAEMON - This is still Work-In-Progress
All music by E. Loukipoudis
All lyrics written by Cammie Loukipoudis except "All My Tender Love" by Evgueni Loukipoudis
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Notes on the songs
We recorded Daemon before I bought my Line6 POD and I used an old Boss Heavy Metal pedal, that I realize produces a very much an outdated and distorted sound, so I would love doing it it again with some decent guitar sounds from the POD.
Before is probably the best vocal achievement of Cammie. It is a very simple song and we recorded it with very basic harmonic movements and no melodic introductions or whatever simply to make sure all attention goes to the singing and the lyrics. We were advised to add a refrain because otherwise it seemed very monotonic, and I had an idea for a refrain, so I recorded the instrumental version, but I cound not convince Cammie to change the song. I really like it as it is.
How is a complex song and it took me a lot of time in mixing and mastering it and it is still not good enough.
All My Tender Love was written in the autumn of 1999. It was meant for a biger group, but it suits our duo with Cammie (some overdubbing, of course). Here I have tried to achieve the musical atmosphere, created by Robben Ford and the Blue Line in the Handful of Blues. Cammie did not much like the song, so we kind of put it aside.
I Only Pretended was written in the autumn of 1999 especially for Cammie and it is probably the first song from the second set (after the recording session in August 1999). I got my inspiration for the music out of the 3rd piano trio album of Brad Mehldau. We recorded many versions with Cammie and myself and never quite got it right, so to be continued...
Wanting You is an unfinished thing we did with Cammie, who did not like her own text very much, so I was left to play around with it. It was recorded last of all songs during our Christmas sessions in Ghent in 1999. It is a song Cammie does not like at all and she only sung it once. It is a samba like tune that says does not fit her style.
LYRICS:
Before
Music: E. Loukipoudis, Lyrics: C. LoukipoudisToo many lies make up my life Too many endless nights I fought And just when I was ready To lay down the blooded sword I saw you I'm not saying I'm in love Nor that it's impossible But somehow unknown to me I've let you see what I've always Wanted me to be I'm petrified that this has moved Way too fast and I'm afraid That it's not gonna last but You read my mind as no one has No one has before I keep sitting by the phone Oh, even though I know I know that you won't call but Like a child I wait I wait for your voice I've been so hurt and used And pushed aside before The deeper that this gets The more I start to see the floor, I think I'm falling I can't express in words what I Oh, what it is I feel inside But I can't share my fear I'm so afraid you'll go away Like they did back then I take this step before and want to me I raise my trust of what I feel but cannot see Oh, this can't be wrong 'Cause it finally feels right Don't let me go And I'll continue to fight
How
Music: E. Loukipoudis, Lyrics: C. LoukipoudisHow can I put to words The pain I keep inside How can I begin to tell How much I hate these lonely nights How can I ask of you To come and hold my hand Even though deep in your heart Me you'd always understand Refrain: How can I begin to say How much I miss your touch How can I begin to speak When I miss you so much I hold the ring you gave me In my bedroom as I cry Crying over how I miss you Please don't say "goodbye" How can I begin to cry When my eyes have lost all source How can I even lie That I don't miss you any more How can they begin to know Just how much you love me When I've said it only once before But you've always shown me Refrain: ... How can I confess my fears When you're nowhere to be found And the fears are building up in me And my heart has passed all bounds How can they begin to live When they've never loved before How can I begin to live When you're not walking through the door Refrain: ...
All My Tender Love
Music: E. Loukipoudis, Lyrics: E. LoukipoudisI was walking Down the street tonight Seeing old faces In the same old flashing lights Maybe I should have to change all that Run and leave this city back Or maybe I must change the way I live Find the one to whom I really wanna give Refrain: All my tender love That I keep inside So that I can feel That I’m alive for real. Now I’m driving Speeding up my car In my back mirror Things get tinier I won’t be sorry for the place behind I won’t be ever coming back Because I know I exactly what I need This time you bet that I will really set free Refrain ...
I Only Pretended
Music: E. Loukipoudis, Lyrics: C. LoukipoudisWhy do I live in a world of pretence? How did I lose in this game? And what can I say to make you understand That it was all so fake? I don’t wanna cry anymore I don’t wanna lie anymore Take the truth and give me a chance To prove my love Refrain: Why did I have to say these words? Why did I have to make it worse? Please, believe in me, Believe in me I only pretended That I did not care for you… The feeling I had they were always true But what I saw in me I couldn’t show So I started a play, a production of lies The things that I said in disguise All those nights that I couldn’t sleep Thinking about all the things that I did And if you would find out, then what would you do Would you that it’s over, it’s through? Refrain... Guitar solo... I don’t wanna cry anymore I don’t wanna lie anymore Take the truth and give me a chance To prove my love Refrain...
Wanting You
Music: E. Loukipoudis, Lyrics: C. LoukipoudisI avoided you from the day we met. You looked at me, but then I turned away. If you’d make a pass to another girl I’d feel a shiver running down my spine Refrain: Another day without you, And another evening sitting ll alone, Another moment in my silence, And another night out on my own. I’d follow you as you walk on by, My heart would pump and then I realize You’re the only one I’ve wanted, You’re the only thing to me. Refrain ...