This is a track where I had in my head for a few days. I kept humming it at the kids and eventually they kept humming it back so I thought I’d better get it down to ‘put it to bed’ as they say.

I had the main guitar part in my head but no idea where the rest of the song was heading, but it all came together in one sitting. I added the vocals later playing around with the idea of bouncing vocals off each line from different speakers. I hope to come back to this part later using 2 different singers. The lyrics are a tale of youthful hedonism that was never grown out of.  


You're not like you used to be

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