I created this recording in my home studio and it is on my self-produced EP 'The Music of Dana-Marie Vol. 1' released July 2009. This track can be purchased in the MP3 Store.
I really think this is my favourite composition so far. I spent no less than 3 three years working on it. I restarted it about 4 times over those years because I was obsessed with getting the tempo changes right. I felt somehow that the emotion and feeling could only be captured properly if I was able to record it the way that I play it live... which is with tons of ebb and flow. I finally figured it out one day and believe it or not, there are at least 8 tempo changes on the grid in this recording.
This song was written about a personal issue that followed through several relationships. Like the recording of the song itself, the issue took so long to work through that the pangs of the journey have seemingly become engrained in my soul. Even though I've heard it and performed it countless times, I can still catch myself getting emotional through it.
Click here to hear the version produced by John Ellis
LYRICS
The sharpness of my heart
has torn you apart
and you, oh you
don't deserve
what I put you through
and I don't think I know
how to stop
You say
you don't mind
that in your heart you know
I am kind
but you can't see the evil I can bring
and the hurt you feel so far is just a sting
and I don't think I know
how to stop
So somehow I hope
that you will start to cope
and you wont think of me at all
and the pain you feel will start to fall
and your dreams will fulfil
and I will sit here still
and wonder why I took so long
to let you go.
