disadvantagepoint

crisisoflocation

 

Baltimore

 

based on a true story that I refuse to reveal to you, Baltimore is, arrangement-wise, a pretty big departure from the rest of the CD and the STD stuff as well.  I wanted to do better synth-drums for it, but the pre-fab YAMAHA loop worked alright.  I’m a HUGE fan of the two tom hits at the very beginning.  It takes place at a train station as so many songs do, but the story upon which this is based ALSO takes place at one.  Baltimore is the setting for two reasons: 1) Baltimore has a good ring to it (and lots of rhymes, even though I don’t rhyme it at all) and 2) people just plain forget about Baltimore.  It took me like ten minutes today to realize that DC has no baseball team; the closest team to us is the Orioles.  Oh, right, them.  

 

just outside of Baltimore I lied

I told myself our paths would cross again

but as you disembarked I caught you in your stride

like I summoned you from my imagination

 

and all I need is another heartbeat

 

if loneliness is purity, please come pollute my time

if all I need is vanity, I guess I’ll get in line

 

in my mind I know so many words

but I dare not speak, the train will drown us out

no sun, no blooms, no stupid singing birds

i’d talk to you but I can’t bring myself to shout

 

and all I’ll get is an evening silhouette

 

if everything is overcast, the sun won’t shadow you

if we cannot make this last, we’ll have something to do

 

just outside of Baltimore I tried

to keep my coat from shimmering with snow

I held the door but I kept my words inside

I saw you out and wondered where you’d go

 

so through the door, get me out of Baltimore

 

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