The Journey Here

The single for I'll Give You Electro featured a rather unnecessary three bonus tracks, the last of which was The Journey Here.


I had been spending some time listening to our older songs, trying to understand what it was that made them what they were. This one was inspired by the Zero era.

The journey that Simon took to writing it was similarly obscure - the chords were originally built around the bass line from New Order's Blue Monday, and he also took inspiration from the Crash Test Dummies' Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm when writing the "aaah aaah" parts.

It might have even been good enough to go on the album, except that it wasn't ready in time, and also it's not too far from Better Days in terms of "message". Never mind...

The lyrics:

Well it’s true, life was simple then
I would learn something new each day
So now my feet move more easily
But it feels as though it’s all been said

I wonder where I lost my way
It looked alright until today
The journey here was long and slow
Now nothing’s easy any more

You were right, things were normal then
Never fought, or struggled anyway
So now the torment comes readily
And the past seems livid, cold and grey

I wonder where I lost my way
It looked alright until today
The journey here was long and slow
Now nothing’s easy any more

You gave me freedom, made me think
You drove me crazy, made me sink
And now at last I know who you are
You always watch me from afar

I wonder where I lost my way
It looked alright until today
The journey here was long and slow
Now nothing’s easy any more

(R. Martin / S. Martin)

Weather the Storm

The second single from Transmission, I'll Give You Electro, featured three bonus tracks, the second of which was Weather the Storm.


We got a bit stuck on the title to this one - it's a lot like In the Eye of the Storm, which you probably only noticed if you were really paying attention. The World Will Still Be Broken in the Morning might have been a good title if it hadn't been quite so long, and we had plenty of other ideas too. In the end I think we just forgot about it and called it Weather the Storm anyway.

When Simon wrote the music, it was slightly by accident. He had intended to sequence another track, but had got distracted with this instead. We both quite like the way it turned out, although the chorus doesn't really make sense. Even so, there's something quite uplifting about the melody.

The lyrics:

So here we are again
Waiting for the day to end
Close to the hour at last
When these wretched feelings pass

I’m sailing too close to the wind
To find the heart of the problem

But the world will still be broken in the morning
It won’t seem brighter but at least it will still be turning

And that’s pretty much the way
That I felt until today
Then the sun split the clouds
Till this ship ran aground

I’m drifting along through the days
Towards the root of all evil

But the world will still be broken in the morning
It won’t seem brighter but at least it will still be turning

I’m sinking under, paralysed
Away from freedom and rescue

But the world will still be broken in the morning
It won’t seem brighter but at least it will still be turning

But the world will still be broken in the morning
It won’t seem brighter but at least it will still be turning

(R. Martin / S. Martin)