Song of the Week Week 2! (Part Two)

"X's Theme or X's Lament or Letimotif for X":


(Soundtracking Your Life Part Four). So I'm not sure where this fits into the whole scheme of StYL, but I liked it. Originally* this was a part of a (slightly) longer songer, sort of a takeoff of "One" (Metallica's "One", not the"One" I wrote, or any of the others). Except my version would have been 1 and a half minutes long instead of one and a half hours (Burn!). But then I realized this would stand taller on its own, and decided to cannibalize it for the Sountrackage. And yes, I know that's not what cannibalize actually means. Fu--I mean, sue me.

That said I feel kind of lazy using this. This was recorded at the same time as yesterday's so it's like I didn't even do anything today (it doesn't help that this one is so very short, and only has one instrument with literally zero production). I guess that lazy doesn't mean bad (this is actually pretty good), it just feels like I should be doing more or something?

But let me tell you why. I don't know if there's some kind of clinically definition of exhaustion, but I got maybe five minutes of sleep and drove an hour in a car with no air conditioning (and this car, keep in mind, had been sitting in the midday sun for almost three hours). Most days, when the guitar parts I'd did needed another take or the mike levels on the drums turned everything to mush**, I would ignore the suspicious omnipresent ringing in my ears and just push through it. Today I'm just glad I already had something in the can. See you tomorrow, if I can still move.

* Try and find a Song of the Week post not containing that word.
**God, you should be glad you don't have hear that.

Oh, right, about the song.

I'm not entirely sure what a leitmotif is supposed to sound like, but this totally is one. As a bonus, it also bears a passing resemblance to "Dread" (normally that'd have a link), from earlier, so it gives the whole project a little more cohesion. I'm not sure whose or whats theme music this is, but it seems like it would fit a place more than a person, especially a place you're not too fond of (hint school hint hint/ been made more money wherever I went/ rollin' in green like I'se lives at the mint*/ some something blahdy blah blah spent), or someplace you find depressing (like I'm not sure where/ but when I get there/ I'm dropping more dollas than I can spare/ I spend it on ice/ I spend it coke/ Just a couple months 'til I be broke). Now what was I talking about?

*'Cause mints are green so it's a pun. I am the world's greatest rapper!

DOWNLOADABLE VERSION:
[This song can only be downloaded by downloading the full album. To see the page for this track, go here.]
Rerelease Notes: Same recording, but mixed completely different--more echo, less static, more presence blah blah blah.