March 10, 2008
New song: “Up In The Air”
This is a song that didn’t make the cut for Save You From Yourself. Not that there’s anything wrong with it. It’s a perfectly good song! But I didn’t think it fit anywhere on the album. It’s also thematically similar to “You Are Loved,” except it’s way more unsubtle with the flying/falling hubris metaphor, and I liked that song better anyway.
I originally planned to record this as an acoustic demo with the ashiko, but I already had the “real” drum track finished so last winter I laid down rock guitars and rock bass and rock stuff. Then it sat for awhile while Jim and I finished the record. I finally recorded the vocals last week. Lyrics-wise I’m pretty proud of the verses.
Lyrics after the jump.
Up In The Air
You’re up in the air again now
we lifted you up
and now you’re coming back down
You’re up in the air again now
and now you’re coming back down
I wanted to see you stumble
just to see you in a less than perfect light
the jealous ones, when you caught their eye
you wrote them off with the perfect rhyme
pretending you don’t care enough
but I think you just might
you set yourself up…
You’re up in the air again now
we lifted you up
and now you’re coming back down
You’re up in the air again now
and now you’re coming back down
I wanted to write this all down
so I’d remember what this felt like years from now
you slipped away like we knew you would
it’s ten years gone and it still feels good
remembering how I lied to you
just to prove I could
you set yourself up…
You’re up in the air again now
we lifted you up
and now you’re coming back down
You’re up in the air again now
and now you’re coming back…
[gtr solo]
Did you really think they were gonna let you win?
you set yourself up…
[chorus]
Nice man. Sounds great!