Chill call and response with Mario Vendredi
horror
minimal
spooky
victorian
newweird
Story behind the song
The whole idea of a call and response song is very appealing. Just about everyone loves "The Weeping Song".
And "In/to the Pines" is a great song - whether Cobain or Lunsford .
'A Walk in the Woods' involves a son telling his father he doesn't want to go up a hill. The father reacts to each objection by saying if the reverse situation were true, matters would be worse.
Mario Vendredi plays keyboards and sings on this track.
Lyrics
THE SON:
Oh Father, I feel
The wood - its wicked eyes,
They are fixed upon me all the time
THE FATHER:
Would you prefer
That it were blind
Its fingers fumbling for you?
THE SON:
Oh father, I feel
The forest is alive
That thought stays with me all the time
THE FATHER:
Would you prefer
It had long since died
Laid so cold upon you?
Above the mountain top - The Pines!
Shaking against the sky
We must go there, you and I
You and I
THE SON:
Oh father I can hear
A great breast fall and rise
As if the wood it were respiring
THE FATHER:
Would you prefer
It held its breath
And came upon you without warning?
THE SON:
The Forest is in motion
Oh father of mine
A great beast stalking towards its end
THE FATHER:
Would you prefer it still
As a crocodile
Cold and curled and waiting?
Above the mountain top - The Pines!
Shaking against the sky
We must go there, you and I
You and I
You and I