about
This one started out as a joke. I just wanted to record in a bathroom; great acoustics, you know. September 1st, 2000 saw me visiting a good friend of mine. Armed with my four track machine, guitar and keyboard I installed myself in his bathroom. Writing the song was easy; recording it wasn't. The vocals took me forever (two hours) and as you can hear they still suck. But people responded to the song. It even helped me seeing Natalie Portman and meeting another great person who shall remain unnamed.
I pulled out the master tape and remixed it for the Heteroscedasticity album. I don't think I harmed the song's integrity. It just sounds a little bit cleaner and less distorted, I guess. You see, I still don't know much about recording technology, and the tape speed kept varying, so I had to mix all four channels on the fly. Who needs hard disc recording, anyway?
lyrics
Now I'm here alone cos you're not at my side
You know it's easier to hide
Away than look it in the eye
In my heart I start to cry
Now I'm here and I'm sitting on the toilet
Now I'm here and I'm lonely to the bone
Now I'm here and I'm singing on the toilet
Now I'm here all alone
It's so hard to tell the truth cos I don't know
What's on you mind? What if I show
You what I feel inside my heart?
Will you be mine or torn apart?
Now I'm here and I'm sitting on the toilet
Now I'm here and I'm lonely to the bone
Now I'm here and I'm singing on the toilet
Now I'm here all alone
Show me what you feel
Still I'm here and I'm sitting on the toilet
Now I'm here and I'm lonely to the bone
Still I'm here and I'm singing on the toilet
Still I'm here all alone all on my own
credits
from
Heteroscedasticity,
released October 19, 2008
Written and played by Johannes Schult.
Recorded 1st September 2000 at Room 101, Waiblingen.
Vocals, acoustic guitars, keyboards.
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