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Inert to Noble

from Demos and Bench​-​Sides by Dax Schaffer

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"One of the earliest songs I had ever written. I believe it uses some 13 different chords. I must have thought at the time that the more chords there were, the better the song would be... It really surprised me when we didn't use it for the album, but it felt tonally distant from what the other tracks had become. This song is the main reason for this collection and I even went back and mixed it so that it could be considered a proper, finished track. Thank you Erika for the violin work, it's beautiful and haunting, to say the least."

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Curiosity portends it
Are gaseous thoughts more or less concrete?
Inert to Noble's where the end is
Boiling points are where... I get cold feet

Trade the horse in for a pony
In backward steps you will find that need
Though your copy was a phony
Was it easy for our copies... learning to bleed?

Trains of thought are running by
Years ago they ran on steam
Now the diesel fumes run dry
Precious dregs of a barren dream

Forced demand and no supply
Prices vary in-between
Still the diesel fumes run dry
Mined remains of what had been

Gauge your need to see clearly
A lack of space subsidized by air
Concentrated or completely
Solid are the reasons... reasons to care... care

An afterthought cannot prepare
For the life you've yet to see
All it takes is never there
When it's what you'd like to see

Trains of thoughts all passing by
Fueling off on gasoline
Now in our remains we cry
For the dregs so rarely seen

Raise the heat and we'll expand it
Inspiring atoms from the stream
New resources are demanded
Turn our nightmares back... to steam

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from Demos and Bench​-​Sides, released November 5, 2014
Singing, Ukulele, Composition, and Lyrics by Dax Schaffer
Violin and Additional Lyrics by Erika Ishii

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Dax Schaffer Los Angeles, California

Singer/Songwriter. Some of my more personal songs are collected here. Mostly melodies written on ukulele and acoustic guitar. Thank you for stopping by. I hope you enjoy listening.

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