Lyrics |
| Cheaters never prosper lovers never win evening's never long enough to let you know if you've survived the sin.... once again Say something that's nice or Save for a rainy day Names can never hurt you |
Notes by the Author:
I have a friend named Alisa who debated for ASU, and had two very deep problems last year. First, she really liked music by the Police. Second, her debate partner had an affair with her boyfriend. The whole situation was so horrible that she quit the debate team and, just to get as much space as possible from the two villians, spent a semester teaching English in Korea. The lyrics are about the betrayal and how there is almost nothing you can say to someone who has been betrayed in so stark a manner by people so close to her, and how anything you do try to say comes out as meaningless advice.
The music was inspired by my comment that all Police songs just sound like pre-set songs on my synthesizer. To prove the point, this song is just a pre-set function on my synthesizer with a lead played on one verse. Notice how similar the music is to "Every step you take."
Defying all logic and explanation, Alisa liked the song. She is pictured above and to the right actually listening to this song, which explains the hysterical look of laugher on her face.
Click here to send a sympathetic note to Alisa. If you want to send a hostile note to her ex-boyfriend you should send it to her and I'm sure she'll forward it for you.
notes by the Other Guy
Jon told me, when he first played me his near-finished demo of this at Christmas of 1998, that this song isn’t really a Mary’s Garage Band song. I assumed that he meant it was too good for us, but in fact he meant that he considered it pretty much finished in its current incarnation, which was the 80s techno-pop style he so firmly rejected for "Daughter of the Moon." Hypocrite. Anyway, he said he’d like me to try a guitar lead on it.To me, the song was too damn good for me to let slip away from Mary’s Garage Band. If I could get myself associated with it, by god I would. So the only part I play in this recording is the lead guitar, but I think it’s a damn fine contribution. It’s not too ambitious, as Jon can tell you, but it fills things out rather nicely.