Stunned from Ramshackle Heart by Lach

Lach: "We had been trying to record one of the tunes that didn't make it onto the album and the gang went outside for a smoke break. I realized I only had these talented Cornwall musicians for another four hours and decided on letting go of the song we were attempting and to just have some fun playing together. I reset the studio so we had four chairs around a central stereo microphone. I set up a snare with brushes for caroline, guitar and vocal mikes for me and Neil and a bass for Ben. I dimmed the lights and invited the crew back in. I explained that we'd been working together for two weeks, it was our last few hours together, let's just play. We recorded Blue Overcoat first and then I chose Stunned as it's a repeating cycle of chords and easy to learn. I loved the feel we got and we ended up recording Sensitivity as well. Three album songs in four hours! Neil over-dubbed the mandolin line and Stunned was complete."

Tracklist

5.	Stunned	3:19

Lyrics

Stunned

Stunned by snow’s weight
Stunned by the last minute of the last debate
Stunned by relaxed skeletons of old friends
Stunned to think I know how it ends

Stunned by a meteor’s silent escape
Stunned to uncover another mistake
Stunned by a missile’s satellite kiss
Stunned to find out the things I don’t miss

Stunned by betrayal, ignorant and fine
Stunned by the closeness of distant friends of mine
Stunned by poetry from inconsequential lips
Stunned by doorways fading into the mist

Stunned by hair turned gray as goose down
Stunned by a football, given the keys to the town
Stunned by the moon’s matador smile
Stunned by the gentlemanly ways of a child

Stunned by writers who pause before they write
Stunned by a magnet’s pole reversal at night
Stunned by my fingers full of decision and time
Stunned to realize this is the last line

Credits

from Ramshackle Heart, released February 14, 2013
Lach - Vocals, Guitar

Ben Hall - Bass

Caroline Banks - Drums

Neil Halstead - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin

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