i'll rest when i'm dead

by @persephonefm

Liner Notes

had a lot of fun with this! i'm sick rn so this is a song about needing to rest but not wanting to! slight anti capitalist undertones perhaps... who knows...

Lyrics

don't feel like sleeping don't feel like lying down don't feel like dreaming don't have time for it right now

don't feel unconscious it's been hours since i came around so i don't feel like sleeping i can sleep when i'm in the ground

i'll rest when i'm dead oh i'll rest when i'm dead i'll rest when i'm dead oh i'll rest when i'm dead

in health or sickness i'm married to the grind so till death do us part i'll seek what i'm trying to find

believe me when i say i'm functionally inclined it's not a choice that i'm making just a contract that i've signed

i'll rest when i'm dead oh i'll rest when i'm dead i'll rest when i'm dead oh i'll rest when i'm dead

Comments

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Beautiful harmonies and hope you’re feeling better. Came here from @aeye take on this song and am impressed as they were. Followed for more.

Side note: In the wayback days (80’s) we used to hang out at Olympic Billiards where we pumped quarters into the video game machines. It was open way later than it should have been. I remember one Christmas Eve we went and while the door was locked , Mr. Oly as we called him let us in and one of us asked him, don’t you ever go home to sleep cause he was always seemed to be there. He responded “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” Not an uncommon phrase, but this particular occasion stuck with me over the years.

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thanks for the kind words! maybe he was a vampire....

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Come to think of it… I only did see him after dark.

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There is a certain perfection here when you free yourself from the need to have any other instruments except for your voice and minimal percussion (sounds like an egg shaker to me). Great job and very original!

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thank you!! i used a kashaka, which is a piece of west african percussion :))

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@debbie

Great song. I love how you build the vocals and there is a lovely tonality to your voice. I hope you feel better soon.

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@aeye

I love the groove to this and it's giving me some ideas. Would you want to maybe collab on this? This is awesome and I think there's a lot of potential in here to add some instrumentation to this. (drums, basses, synths etc) If you want to let me know the best way to talk about it! (my e-mail is linked on our A.Eye page)

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hi - yes, i'd love that! i'll shoot you an email some time tomorrow and we can chat more about it!

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@aeye

woohoo!

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