Aint Home Yet (house, performance, bands, song, Hang)

either/or · 12-14-2006, 01:22 AM

thought i'd dig this up seeing as im going to be recording it real soon but in a shorter version, the verses im cutting out are highlighted in red.

Aint Home Yet

A lonely man he sits counting
The minutes until dawn
You may say he is a sad sight
And he would tell you you are wrong
You may say he is a poor soul
But he would rather be alone
And he left when the sun rose
But he aint home yet

The nervous housewife she paces
She knows her husbands home in an hour
He will spit and he will curse
And then pass out in the shower
On the surface she may fool you
But there’s no more beauty to this flower
By the morning she will forgive
And she aint home yet

A guiltless man he wears a suit
Made of jewels and fancy furs
People hang their troubles
In a wreath upon his curls
I have heard he values pain
More than his diamonds and his pearls
On the surface he seems used to it
But he aint home yet

I’m so sick and tired of this mask
That let’s me sneak into your past
You may figure out my agenda
But I move too fast
For my sins your compensation
There is a little I could ask
Dead leaves for substitution
And I aint home yet

I got troubles I got choices
And in the end I’m worse for wear
Each night I make them proud
Sitting in my truthless chair
I know these options arent for taking
But what’s left to make me care
Laughing jackals all around me
And I aint home yet

The scornful master is singing verses
From a song that don’t exist
My brain stops and reverses
Each time a word is missed
Those snakes in disguises handed me curses
Which I just couldn’t resist
Only dead dirt behind me
I aint home yet

sleepy jack · 12-14-2006, 11:05 AM

Its pretty, I don't have much to add to it, I like the idea.

Crashing Sun · 12-14-2006, 02:46 PM

Not sure why you'd post cut verses. This one feels a little all over and yet still unfulfilled, but I guess that's in keeping with the theme. I would hope for a little more specifics that tie the poetry into reality. Stuff like "scornful master" sounds like Tull to me, and some of their dramatic-sounding stuff was actually supposed to be a joke.

sleepy jack · 12-14-2006, 06:21 PM

Hes cutting those out for recording.

Crashing Sun · 12-15-2006, 08:27 AM

Yeah, speaking of I can't get on the link but I wouldnt mind checking this out when it's done. So we're keeping it for performance but cutting it for recording. Huh.

12-14-2006, 01:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
either/or Don't think twice Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: A basement on the hill Posts: 352	Aint Home Yet thought i'd dig this up seeing as im going to be recording it real soon but in a shorter version, the verses im cutting out are highlighted in red. Aint Home Yet A lonely man he sits counting The minutes until dawn You may say he is a sad sight And he would tell you you are wrong You may say he is a poor soul But he would rather be alone And he left when the sun rose But he aint home yet The nervous housewife she paces She knows her husbands home in an hour He will spit and he will curse And then pass out in the shower On the surface she may fool you But there’s no more beauty to this flower By the morning she will forgive And she aint home yet A guiltless man he wears a suit Made of jewels and fancy furs People hang their troubles In a wreath upon his curls I have heard he values pain More than his diamonds and his pearls On the surface he seems used to it But he aint home yet I’m so sick and tired of this mask That let’s me sneak into your past You may figure out my agenda But I move too fast For my sins your compensation There is a little I could ask Dead leaves for substitution And I aint home yet I got troubles I got choices And in the end I’m worse for wear Each night I make them proud Sitting in my truthless chair I know these options arent for taking But what’s left to make me care Laughing jackals all around me And I aint home yet The scornful master is singing verses From a song that don’t exist My brain stops and reverses Each time a word is missed Those snakes in disguises handed me curses Which I just couldn’t resist Only dead dirt behind me I aint home yet __________________ Painstaking devotion and love Surrendered to self preservation From others who care for themselves A blindness that touches perfection But hurts just like anything else Isolation, isolation, isolation

12-14-2006, 02:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
Crashing Sun Idontthinkyouknow Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Out of the Frying Pan Posts: 102	Not sure why you'd post cut verses. This one feels a little all over and yet still unfulfilled, but I guess that's in keeping with the theme. I would hope for a little more specifics that tie the poetry into reality. Stuff like "scornful master" sounds like Tull to me, and some of their dramatic-sounding stuff was actually supposed to be a joke. __________________ People Against People "Scientists in Taiwan say they have bred three pigs that glow in the dark." (Support Spam)

12-15-2006, 08:27 AM	#5 (permalink)
Crashing Sun Idontthinkyouknow Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Out of the Frying Pan Posts: 102	Yeah, speaking of I can't get on the link but I wouldnt mind checking this out when it's done. So we're keeping it for performance but cutting it for recording. Huh. __________________ People Against People "Scientists in Taiwan say they have bred three pigs that glow in the dark." (Support Spam)