NEW SONG – “Halfway”

Better than anything Michael Jackson has done in since 1989 (if you ask me:) Click here to hear it/download it for free.

So I spent all day recording on Sunday, then redid the vocals a little bit last night. I was eager to record this song because it’s the one I have been opening my set with the last couple of shows, so I am usually not totally warmed up and firing on all cylinders when I play it live and don’t feel like it’s living up to its potential. Playing live in LA can really suck sometimes – a lot of clubs only give you a 30 minute set and by the time you are totally warmed up and really starting to sound good your set is over.

Anyway, hope you enjoy the tune. The subject matter covers a lot of bases, from romantic rejection to feeling trapped by your day job.  Here are the lyrics:

Well my mind’s a mess, my body’s range of motion

you know it’s hurting me so badly

I can’t stop thinking about those things that you said

you know you almost had me

like a storm that rages late in the night

but never sees the light of day

I had a dream you were yelling at me

I was excited you had something to say

it was a treat to feel halfway to being ok

well I can’t stop thinking no I’m thinking about

it’s like a spell that I’m under

I could lose it at any moment

another time bomb blunder

so I lock myself away in this room

write these songs and I wonder

why you want me to be

the kind of guy that always plays it so cool

pretend I don’t feel this thunder

and I know that I should take it lightly but

it seems so dire some times

the things I used to think were cool have

lost their appeal like nursery ryhmes

in this town unaccountable for so many crimes

you been feeling lies, like a robot on its wedding day

sometimes you wonder why, but the knowledge it ain’t worth the pain

if I wasn’t there, could you pretend that you still don’t care

so I’m gonna hang on…

hating myself and doing the right thing

and going to work every day

spend my free time stable as lighting

think it’s worth it if you like it this way

and the heroes of the masses don’t mean nothing to me

selling things I used to get for free

searching for something that makes a difference for me.

My show last Friday was a good one – the show was filmed with the sound recorded off the board so the video should be pretty killer. I’ll have that up online in a couple of days, and if any of the tracks are really good I’ll make them available.

cheers,

Zach

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~ by zacharysteel on July 7, 2009.