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Worth the While SOTW #52 (last one!)

two seconds away — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:05:52 +0000

I don’t know what we expected when we first started up this song a week thing. Our “side project” to Moving Rushmore quickly became the “main project”. Now 52 songs later here we are. Its been an awesome experience and its really neat to look back over the past year and see/hear the progression of our music. Although there was the occasional mediocre song, for the majority of the time we put out some pretty cool stuff. I know that I can look back with a sense of pride over what we’ve accomplished in the past year.

We’re really grateful to all of you that have told your friends about us, bought our music, blogged about us, came to our shows, and enjoyed our music. Just because we’re done with the song a week doesn’t mean that we’re done making music. You could say that we’ve only just begun…

You’ll especially want to check back next week as we’ve got something special brewing.

If you’ve enjoyed this song a week project and want to keep up with us, this would be a great time to sign up for our e-mail list, follow us on twitter, sign up for our podcast and/or friend us on facebook. We’re still going to be active so if you want to know what we’re up to then those are some good ways to keep in touch.

This song ended up sounding a little like Owl City (check them out if you haven’t already). As I wrote this song I was thinking about a friend of mine who is experiencing a heart wrenching break-up and these are some of the questions he’s asking. I’m reminded that to love deeply puts you at risk of hurting deeply. Is it worth it? What do you think?

Worth the While

Lyrics by Patrick Largen

is this really going to end?
right here and right now?
come hell or high water
you’ll float or you’ll drown

is it worth it

and I wonder all the time
if you’ve had it all figured out
and if all this is something
worth the while

and this is really going to end right now

picture by Valentin.Ottone

New Day – SOTW #28

Tim — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:50:31 +0000

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I’m not really sure what to say about this song. Its basically an affirmation of support… or something like that. I think its supposed to be a message that no matter what happens, I’ll be right beside you. This song started with a guitar part that I came up with when Patrick was over at my place for practice on Tuesday. I came up with some lyrics and a melody of sorts and sent it to Pack and he added the cool loops and percussion.

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Awesome picture courtesy of Jeff Moore of Jeff Moore Photography created specifically for this song.

New Day lyrics by Tim Seley

Come a little closer and let me hold you near
I’ll wrap my arms around you and you won’t have to fear
Just a few more hours and then the sun will rise
Its a new day, its a new day

This song is for you

If you were running I would chase you
If you were hiding I would find you
If you were crying I would love you
If you were dying I would hold you

This song is for you

You are someone worth fighting for
You are someone worth crying for
You are someone worth dying for
You are someone worth living for
You are someone worth fighting for
You are someone worth crying for
You are someone I would die for
You are someone I am living for

Come a little closer and let me hold you near
I’ll wrap my arms around you and you won’t have to fear
Just a few more hours and then the sun will rise
Its a new day, its a new day

SOTW #24 – A Thousand Bars

Tim — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:46:27 +0000

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Its hard to believe we’re up to week #24! We’ve had songs all over the map so far, and this one is definitely a contender for being one of the most “out there.” Some weeks the finished song isn’t very different than the original rough track. This song however has been very evolutionary. It started with some simple loops that I sent to Patrick. Then he added some really cool ambient vocals. We still didn’t have any lyrics at that point and Patrick had the idea of incorporating a poem. Due to my (non)extensive knowledge of poetry I suggested “The Panther” by Rainer Maria Rilke. And then there was more back and forth until we ended up with whatever it is we ended up with. It was definitely an interesting process. Enjoy!

PS Don’t forget about the comment contest!

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“The Panther” by Rainer Maria Rilke

His vision, from the constantly passing bars,
has grown so weary that it cannot hold
anything else. It seems to him there are
a thousand bars, and behind the bars, no world.

As he paces in cramped circles, over and over,
the movement of his powerful soft strides
is like a ritual dance around a center
in which a mighty will stands paralyzed.

Only at times, the curtain of the pupils
lifts, quietly. An image enters in,
rushes down through the tense, arrested muscles,
plunges into the heart and is gone.

– translated by Steven Mitchell

additional lyrics by Tim Seley

He’s trying to get it all out of his head
The things that he’s done and the things that he’s said
He’s pacing in circles, he’s pacing in circles
Heart racing in circles in circles in circles
He’s tired of waiting for something to change
For something to save him from his tiny cage
Let him go

“Lock it up” photo by fotographix.ca used under Creative Commons

Apathetic Skies (SOTW #19)

Patrick — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:15:17 +0000

More people will call in sick today (first Monday in Feb.) than any other day of the year. “Psychologists claim National Sickie Day is the result of a combination of factors, including bad weather, long, dark nights and the seemingly never-ending wait until summer” (quote from Peter Mooney).

But this song highlights the tension that many who experience depression feel: needing people so badly, but not wanting to be seen as “needy,” they push away the very people who love them while trying to minimize their need for help.

For this song we decided to release the 1st version in its original raw form. It just communicates better that way.

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How Can It Be (SOTW #17)

Tim — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:56:11 +0000

I wrote this song when Patrick and I were out at the Stone Barn last go around. We’d been rehearsing all day and I was just struck by how incredibly blessed I was to have a wife that was supportive of my ridiculous life.

I’ve got a wonderful wife, and sometimes it doesn’t seem fair that someone as special as her ended up with somebody like me. And I hope when you are married you’ll be able to experience the same thing.

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