According to my notes, I overheard some people talking total drivel one day, and I think I found it amusing that it's so easy to talk about nothing, which seemed as though it might be a good idea for a song. And while it might not particularly sound like it, the music is actually inspired by Umbrella by Rihanna and Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode.
It took quite a long journey from its original demo, and it might have even made it onto the album if only we had managed to mix it in time - unfortunately the backing vocals only turned up at the very last minute and I was really struggling to do them justice. It turned out pretty well in the end, although I think I might have buried the vocals a bit too low in the mix.
The lyrics:
Words come so easy
When there’s nothing left to say
It’s almost tragic
How my heart has turned again
Have I missed another chance to find
The perfect balance that was in my mind?
It drives me crazy and I can’t explain
Why words don’t come to me as they did then
Days pass so slowly
With a boulder in the way
I know can’t be there for real
When I look again
Dreaming of another time when I
Thought everything was perfect in my mind
It seemed so easy, and I can’t believe
But now it seems my words are failing me
Have I missed another chance to find
The perfect balance that was in my mind?
It drives me crazy and I can’t explain
Why words don’t come to me as they did then
Dreaming of another time when I
Thought everything was perfect in my mind
It seemed so easy, and I can’t believe
But now it seems my words are failing me
(R. Martin / S. Martin)
