Alternate Purpose from Midnight Door by Luke Janela
It's a song about seeking approval and getting it… or not. Seeking recognition. I'm my own harshest judge/critic. When I am asking was I good enough I'm asking the audience and my internal heavy hand whether it is good enough, this song, this music. It was fun and therapeutic to sing/scream the final "yay" moments in the song. I always get a little uncertain upon finishing an album what will happen to it once released into the world. This song seems to reflect that and it was the last song recorded for it.
The off kilter rhythms at the end I'm very proud of, it's one of the strangest long escapades into sound I've done and it was pulled off pretty well, especially with the birds (recorded one fine dawn camping on the Potomac River in West Virginia) singing away.
Tracklist
| 20. | Alternate Purpose | 6:47 |
Lyrics
Say what you want me to be and I will be that, anything.
Hey, for the knives are brighter than promises, any day.
Old enough, gold enough… are your songs gold enough to hear?
Gold enough, cold enough… your smile is cold enough to fear.
Pray for another OK when it seems that your knees are giving way.
Stay by the lonely gate and you will dream I was seen selling grace.
Was I good enough? Was I good enough?
Holding to on the last surprise while the coldest fire was in your eyes.
Is it bold enough to be realized, have I sold enough to win the prize?
Good enough for you to say, was I good enough for you today?
was I gold enough for you today?
Trade trade trade all the traitors obscene, with their hold on the old souls' reckoning.
Wait for the seventh state, all the needs will be met and the peace will await.
Good enough for you today, was I good enough for you today?
Well then yay! Yay!
Credits
License
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Luke Janela has been writing and recording music for many moons. He is a classically trained cellist, guitarist and singer. He has fronted 15 albums. All bare a distinct character and tend to defy simple classification.
His music is urgent and innovative, moving from fol to punk to classical to electronic as a cohesive, contemporary whole