Lyrics Annotated
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CrackingTheSimonCode Lyrics Annotated |
I Don't Believe | |
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Slow waltz tempo, key of D#.
Four bars, drums, bass and electronics. Add guitar, next four bars. | |
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Acts of kindness, Like breadcrumbs in a fairytale forest, Lead us past dangers As light melts the darkness. |
Continues electronics and guitar over bass and drums. Gentle. Could be children's music.
Tonic alternates with dominant seventh. |
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But I don't believe, And I'm not consoled. I lean closer to the fire, But I'm cold.
| Lyric change accompanied by addition of Gm, G7 and Cm. |
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The earth was born in a storm. The waters receded, the mountains were formed. "The universe loves a drama,"* you know. And ladies and gentlemen this is the show.
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Sixteenth notes replace eighths in vocal. Primary instrument: drums.
Cm11, continuous, this section and next. |
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I got a call from my broker. The broker informed me I'm broke. I was dealing my last hand of poker. My cards were useless as smoke.
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Musically, a continuation of previous section with more electronics.
Lyrics completely break with the previous section. |
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Oh, guardian angel. Don't taunt me like this, On a clear summer evening as soft as a kiss. My children are laughing, not a whisper of care. My love is brushing her long chestnut hair. | |
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I don't believe a heart can be filled to the brim Then vanish like mist as though life were a whim.
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Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that's all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe's the exit that I'm looking for.
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I got a call from my broker. The broker said he was mistaken. Maybe some virus or brokerage joke And he hopes that my faith isn't shaken.
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Acts of kindness, Like rain in a drought, Release the spirit with a whoop and a shout. |
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I don't believe we were born to be Sheep in a flock. To pantomime prayers with the hands of a clock.
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| Guitar and electronics coda. Six bars Cm11. Then slow, repeat and fade on Gm. | |
Annotator's notes: Hearing this for the first time I thought it jumped all over the place (which, in a way, it does). Seeing this annotation you've got to be impressed with Simon's rigorous sense of structure.
Again, D# could be E flat. Please, those who play fretless instruments and are wanting to explain that these two are not identical, I'm a humble, amateur pianist. For me, D# and E flat are the same black key.
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