"And Here Goes Again"

Closing my portion of Hope And Monet, the follow-up to "And Here Goes". A running competition between me, Steve and Rob at the time was who could have the longest song/suite on the album. By early 2011, Heart had won with his "In Excess? - Who Knows Who Cares - In Excess!" medley.

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And Here Goes Again

We choke this world so gracefully

We fill ourselves with forbidden fruit

Time's running out as we stand still

Forget to learn, forgot the past

Will we change?

Can we heal?

I see myself, a distant glare

The past is here, I was there

The time is now it's time to act

The clocks will never turn back

Have we changed?

Is this real?

"And confusion grows achingly

We once were safe now gone all three

Remembered through these words we write?

Forgotten not without a fight."

"The Painful Tale"

Written fairly early 2009 during an online chat with my good friend and ex-Garibaldi, David Picklesworth. Despite the production of Hope And Monet overrunning by a year, David never got round to recording the vocal part I had written for him. He's forgiven.

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THE PAINFUL TALE OF RORY'S McBUTT

[Steve]

It's time for a tale of the untold love

Between two simple souls

One was a boy the other a man

Wait wait wait, hear us out!

They say that incest just ain't right

And I would tend to agree

It'll please you to hear that this ain't that

And has nothing to do with me!

[Rory]

I first met Dave when I was young

Too young some would say

We hit it off like a house on fire

Music was our game

We sang about eating snacks

Biscuits and the like

It all was fun and innocent

Dreams of taking the mic'

Give me an E, I'll exchange you a B

Sugar coated raisins' sounds just fine to me

Take out that G, put in a C

Walking on a dessert island, Lancelot and me

Finished off the album

"What next?" I ask aloud

"Bend over" was the reply

I didn't make a sound

Awkwardness came afterwards

Embarrasment and regret

I couldn't remember much of it

Something made me forget...

[David]

"Drop you an E, I'll have my fun with thee

Do the crime fuck the time, down South I shall flee

Take out the girth, my name is Picklesworth

Bump and grind all the time, little Rory and me

Bump and grind all the time - little Rory and me!!!"

[Bob]

I heard this story recently

Quiet shocked I was indeed

I won't be playing similar games

Regardless of the deed

I'm simply here to rock the show

An OAP? Hell no!

Here's the moment you've been waiting for

An extended bass solo

"And Here Goes"

My memory's foggy, however I believe the first talk of a 3-disc, 4-hour Garibaldis' album came soon after the completion of (Also Known As) Constellations in October 2008. What's clear is that by the following March, Steve had announced a title and I'd set about planning my 80 minutes of music. The Hope And Monet sessions kicked off in Spring of 2009 where the concept was solidified. Thanks to exceptional planning, my album was all-but written (and mostly recorded) by the end of the year. We knew HAM was an epic undertaking but no-one expected it to overrun its release date by a year, crazy days. 

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And Here Goes
"And confusion hits so suddenly
We once were safe now lost all three
Divided in the ways we work
United in the way we hope."

I roam this land, a lost cause
I've walked these boards, for hours on end
Time races by as I stand still
Forgot to grow, forget most things

Do we change?
Can we heal?

I crawl these floors, dirt and all
You warned me once, I ignored
I age a year in what seems a day
What have I achieved? Where too now?

Have I changed?
Can you heal me?

And confusion grows achingly
We once were safe now gone all three
Remembered through these words we write?
Forgotten not without a fight