The RPM Wall song - 2007/02/27 20:41Sitting on a plane, wanting to be working, I find myself thinking how many times I heard "hitting the wall" in people's blogs. So, amazed I have any creativity left, I jot down "The RPM Wall Song" that really explains it all about getting to the finish line for a lot of us.
Of course, if some one's sort a song and then want some lyrics, here they are. Needs some work but no bad for a sleep deprived decompser that sings everything through a termite hollowed wooden log.
This Wall Within Me aka Hitting the RPM Wall
I've come to the wall Of the wailing ghosts Where passage ahead From pillar to post Hits hardest in me To where it hurts most
I stand at the end Of the trip I made And look at the wall Of mental blockade It moves before me Like some sick parade
But I am not afraid
[Chorus] This is the wall that I have made It exists only in me No other can see The debt I paid To reach the wall in my journey I still can't get through I still can't get through
Darkness exists here My own creation In a place of souls I fight temptation Resistance abounds, A cold sensation
The voices fill me With thoughts of disgrace I cover my ears Turn away my face But the wall invades All my breathing space
How did I come to this place?
[Chorus]
[Bridge] It is my wall After all I can get through
If it stands here I built it I can tear it down
This wall within me [Chorus] High, straight, sheer, heavy The taller it seems Cold, chill, suffering The ghosts and the screams The rock and the beams Holding back my dreams
One hand on the ghosts That wail in the wall Ascending existance This once and for all I climb in my head At the top I call
I feel, I see, I heal all
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GPD
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Re:The RPM Wall song - 2008/01/11 02:54Somebody needs to turn that into a Nine Inch Nails type song. The lyrics are perfect.
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Re:The RPM Wall song - 2008/01/11 19:20OK - let's all each of us put this lyric to music, submit all the songs under one project name (there aughta be at least ten of us who'd do it, huh?) and be able to compare our treatments of the material...
whaddya say, Mick? Make it a tribute album to RPM?
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Re:The RPM Wall song - 2008/01/11 21:40oh man, this would be a really interesting project. get to hear the same lyrics with everyone's different style and approach musically...
i'd definitely take a crack at it.
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Re:The RPM Wall song - 2008/01/11 22:29I agree....good concept, and good lyrics mick. I think I'd have to be in this too. Going to have to live up to alot here, good musicians here....fortuantly I'll be more prepared this time around, the songs won't be all rushed like they were last year.
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Re:The RPM Wall song - 2008/01/11 22:51Wow, I'd forgotten all about that late Feb on the plane bit of tired inspiration. Geeeesss that beings back so many memories of last year.
Reading that again so pulled me into that moment of late Feb grief when still one song away from being done I was shipped out on a business trip and had to master some stuff on my laptop in a hotel room. Never did get to finish that last song but I submitted it anyway-- it's "Memory" on Sojourn. Reliving that tiny piece of time, a slowed down passage that seemed to be hours long, just gets me excited to do it again this year.
Yeah, I'd love to hear some different takes on those lyrics. I was thinking like funky grunge industrial punk but it would be real cool see what people did with it.
I'll do the ear engineering and put the album together if anyone wants to do a version and send it to me! Maybe I'll even have time to do my version!
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Re:The RPM Wall song - 2008/01/31 06:35Interesting challenge... I'll give it a whirl
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Re:The RPM Wall song - 2008/01/31 07:45Whoops. Just posted a personal message here.
Too much gin. What was that Jeremy said about gin? I forget.
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Re:The RPM Wall song - 2008/02/24 21:1817string wrote: whaddya say, Mick? Make it a tribute album to RPM?
Hey folks, anybody taking this seriously? I'm afraid I've incorporated Mick's lyric into my project as the ONLY spoken/sung word piece that I've got, and unless I come up with a lotta cheese to fill time, the RPM Wall Song is going to feature prominently in my project. However, I don't see why there can't be some kind of compilation entry also... status, anyone?
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