Song of the week, 9 February 2003:

183 (drums Tim O'Connell)
mp3 available by email request

I wrote this number while playing with Two-Fisted Frogkicker/Implied Trampoline/Whatever our name was. There are still plans for TFFK/IT/W to finish an the recordings we started in Buffalo, but it will probably take a while. So, I dusted off this demo, which has had a very relaxed road to existence.

The song was first written and recorded in rather crude form on a Saturday morning in 2001. A month or two later, Tim put real drums over my cheezy drum machine track. The current guide vocal (which I'll probably rerecord at some point) and keyboards were tracked last summer to give the other TFFK/IT/W members something to play to (which they haven't had a chance to do yet). For this version, I kept the bass part I did for the original demo and put in some new guitars.

183 a.k.a. Cult of Self
(c) Mark Frey 2001

Emotion emission-a human condition
drawn into conflict-confrontational addict
lines in the sand-reach for the upper hand
innocent questions lead to insincere suggestions

and we're lost in the Cult of Self

important connection-temporary affection
you get what you give-is that a reason to live?

It's the way that we're taught, how we are bred
no cooperative aspirations
just egos that scream to be fed

and we're lost in the Cult of Self

heretical action-letting up just a fraction
a permanent link-destroy your future (better rethink)

and we're lost in the Cult of Self