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The room was a dull
shade of grey
It was decently sized
with a mirror on the wall
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They were always watching me
I could feel their eyes
as they studied me
No more
drugs
Please no more pain
Don't test that on me
Don't corrupt my brain
The three men were
bigger than me
She would follow them in
with the daily syringe
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There was no escape for me
Once she'd inject that in me
they could take me away
Another
trip
of terror and pain
as they'd do tests on me
over and over again
BASTARDS!!!!
Strapped into this
bed, with machines and lights all
around me, my mind spins off again... and again. As my
vision blurs and frays, I journey into another bad trip
induced by their new batch of tests.
I know they're
staring at me, watching their beeps and
flashes studying the effects of the drug, and reactions
to externally induced stimulation caused by shock, pain,
or some other means I can only imagine in my
pseudo-conscious state. All the while, the usual voice
from nowhere reassuring me that this is for my own good
...and the benefit of all mankind.
Let me out!
I'm drifting away
Will I wake to
another test day!?
I'm not a lab rat
I'm a human being
Don't test that on me
Just let me go free...
Song Notes:
Lab Rat: The new definition of
epicness :) It seems I can't manage to keep a song under 7 minutes
anymore. Hmmmm... not sure what to make of that. Regardless, here's
the new updated version of "Lab Rat" for your listening enjoyment. For
those of you who don't know the original version... it was about half
as long, and 1/4 as epic. That's all you really need to know :)
This song is definitely a HUGE achievement for me. It's the most
intense, varying, complicated thing I've ever done (yes, even more so
than "Seismonic..." or "Wilted Sanity", if you can believe it). Many
many changes throughout... from keys to solos... from chaos to...
well... slightly less chaos. It was a massive undertaking, but the end
result I think speaks for itself. This song ended up taking up 28
tracks in SONAR :o ...the most I've ever used. It also involved every
different kind of vocal style I can imagine...
so that's kinda cool too :)
To me, this song is probably the greatest song I've ever done. I
thought it was great before updating it though... and now... man... it's just
amazing to me. The depth of the song has increased by a factor of 10
over the original... thanks mostly to two things... 1) The two main
new instrumental "interludes"... the one after the first three verses
and the stuff at the very end of the song... and then 2) the power and
drama I managed to add to the really powerful impact parts of the
song... like when the beat goes half time at "over and over again..."
and when it kicks in at "Let me out! I'm drifting away!" Those parts
were powerful before, but now they REALLY have an impact. And that
first interlude part... I couldn't be happier with the way that came
out. What a challenge!!!! I came up with that piano "melody" first,
and then everything else spawned from that. What I was going for was
something that was like... a bad trip or something. The lyrics right
before that part go "Another trip of terror and pain, as they'd do
tests on me over and over again... BASTARDS!!!"... and then it kicks
in to the interlude. So it seemed fitting that it should be a part
where you can imagine this guy getting injected with some experimental
mind control drug or something and then his head goes spinning out of
control on some bad trip. So that's what I was going for. I wanted
something that sounded really chaotic with bizarre harmonies and layer
upon layer of stuff that builds up to where everything almost
completely blends together... then it just STOPS... with those two
piano breaks before the next part of the song starts. Those piano
breaks have such a MASSIVE impact as a result. I really dig that. All
in all I think it came out really good, considering what I was trying
to achieve. Chaos that doesn't sound like shit is a REALLY difficult
thing to accomplish, lemme tell ya! :)
"Lab Rat" is more than just the updated music though. To me, this song
is the poster child for my music, and defines perfectly what
I want to be about. I think it fits right in
with "Wilted Sanity" and "Seismonic...", but stands on its own due to
its mood and style. I guess that can be said about each of my songs
though... it seems I never like two things to sound the same :) That's
a good thing though I think.
I really need to write more lyrics like this too. The lyrics are half
the value of the song to me... being one of the coolest things I ever
wrote, IMO. I'm not sure why I feel that way... I guess maybe because
it's so different and unusual. Or maybe it's just the fact that it
tells a strange story first person, which is something I don't seem to
do very often.
OK... now I think I need to go get
myself a stiff drink after finally getting this damn thing done!
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