A self-penned song with yours truly on vocals, guitar, and bass, with drum loops. There have been several versions of the vocals at different stages of the pollen season…I’m really happy with this morning’s version, not too nasal, not at all breathless, not even particularly pitchy…pollen must be down because of the rain. Replaced lyrics in places after production and arranging advice from SongStuff guys and ditched heavy reverb.
Listen here.
Waking up to the sins of the fathers
No sword to ploughshares, the battle’s just begun
We are marching in time to a distant beat
Tense with fear, we know this war will overrun
Think of somewhere that you’d rather be
You can’t fight it you just have to change the world
There’s karma, riding the stormy sea
But in time…
Isn’t freedom worth fighting for? Are we free to fight?
Fight no more? Are we free
Working up to the life that we’re living
It’s not easy, now it’s just 9 to 5
I think I found a time when I was forgiven
But there’s no turning back now we have arrived
The sins of the fathers they haunt us
And we really have to wonder why
In a past life, they left none to call us
Without direction, it’s not hard to lie
Please take me to that place, where peace surrounds and there’s no disgrace
Walk me through the open space, where peace abounds and we all embrace
Please take me to that place, where peace surrounds and there’s no disgrace
Nice comments on the Songstuff forums about “Collateral Damage:
“I so love this song. Right up my alley, so cool. Really great structure and breaks. Totally dig the harmonies and the vocals.”
“Creative structure throughout, hot licks and tasty riffs, a sweet bass line, and more potent words from your serious-songwriting mind delivered by your amazing voice. Quickly one of my faves from you.”
“Hey, nice intro… and the voice is a pure treasure! You have been really inspired on this compo, science… Really impressive by what I heard… I’m just listening again the intro… and this is a really cool stuff you created.”
“standing ovation dude! This is great… lyrics, vocals, fiery guitars all work together wonderfully.”
“Fantastic job, fantastic song.”
“I really like the song. You clearly have a lot of skill and ability. The tune has some very tasty guitar work and you sound a lot like Gerry Rafferty. The production work on this is fairly strong. I didn’t detect any glaring errors in how you mixed this.”
“Man, it’s been a while since I’ve heard a new rock song like that. Thanks! I really enjoyed the guitar playing.”
“really dig this one a lot! F’ing killer guitar work my friend, and this one showcases your voice nicely.”