I Can’t Help Myself

by @clocktoys

I Can’t Help Myself
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Liner Notes

The thing about ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ at a recording is it can be quite hard to have second thoughts - quite hard to calm things down later after a cup of tea and a lie down. Without having to start again from scratch. And I cannot be arsed to do that. Lazy git that I am. #Indie #singersongwriter #ipad

Lyrics

I can’t help my I can’t help myself I can’t help it I can’t help myself

Help myself Oh help myself

What’s one more Regret What’s one more Waste of my time

I can’t help it etc, etc

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I totally agree about the James-Bond-chase-scene-on-a-surfboard menace feel! I think I counted 13 words, which is very impressive to get your point across so efficiently and effectively. I once challenged myself to write a song with only 12 words. It’s called “12 Words” lol.

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There's a James-Bond-chase-scene-on-a-surfboard menace to this that I really dig. With such spare lyrics (though they are effective, so that's not a complaint), it helps to have the strong musical underpinnings you've created here.

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Love the arrangement, the sort of offbeat grooviness of it, especially when the muted guitar comes in and plays against the shuffling drumbeat in a really nice way. The reverb-heavy guitar chords sets a powerful mood, again I get a Morricone vibe, in a great way. And that kind of rattling sound that comes in around 1.14 is intriguing. I like these kinds of songs, heavy on atmosphere with just a few repeated lyric lines that are very distinct but also wide open to interpretation.

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Having to work with my wrong hand mostly (I can move the fingers on my dominant hand but for short periods only) makes mixing and editing a pain. The basis of this was lying around for a while and so I thought I'd try to do something with it! I was trying to make the track sound more rough and organic. It certainly sounds rough!

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