Lyrics Annotated
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CrackingTheSimonCode Lyrics Annotated |
That's Me |
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| Electronics fade in. "Tickety-boo" sound from electronics carries throughout. | |
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Well I'll just skip the boring parts Chapters one, two, three And get to the place where you can read my face And my biography.
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Throughout the album, lead vocal is just left of center. This leaves lots of room on both sides. Here, "tickety-boo" is on far right.
The chord (if there is a chord) is Csus4. |
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Here I am, I'm eleven months old, Dangling from my daddy's knee. There I go, it's my graduation, I'm picking up a bogus degree. That's me. Early me. That's me.
Well I never cared much for money,
| Repeat, every four bars:F (on 1), C (on 3), Csus4 (next 3 bars). |
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Oh my God. First love opens like a flower. A black bear running through the forest light Holds me in her sight and her power. But tricky skies, your eyes are true, The future is beauty and sorrow. Still, I wish that we could run away And live the life we used to. If just for tonight and tomorrow.
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Acoustic guitar prominent. Add G to the harmony. (First appearance of the good old dominant.)
Extraordinary complexity of rhythm in vocal. Sometimes 4-beat and sometimes 6-beat bars. |
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Long instrumental (electronics prominent) reprise.
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I am walking up the face of the mountain. Counting every step I climb. Remembering the names of the constellations. Forgotten is a long, long time. That's me. I'm in the valley of twilight. Now I'm on the continental shelf. That's me—I'm answering a question I am asking of myself.
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Ooh. Ooh. That's me. That's me.
| Coda. Vocal "Ooh"s through fresh harmony: C, D#, A#/F, C. "That's me"s in final fade with the new harmony. Melodic lead shifts to bass during fade. |
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