Jake, God of Lies and Stuff

from Evil Songs for Evil People by DOUG the Eagle

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The last song to be written for the album. It had a long and difficult birth, but I think it came out particularly well and is one of my favourites.

The song was started many years ago and rediscovered when I started trawling through old Cakewalk files, which I sometimes do when desperate for ideas. I liked the song, but couldn't remember what the lyrics were. Eventually I wrote new lyrics based on Jake, the God of Lies from Merlin Missingham's comics.
Parts of other abandoned projects were also taken and cobbled together into a single, epic piece.

The Hammond/Pi organ system was put to more adventurous use and appears in numerous places throughout the track, and the Waldorf Streichfett string synthesizer was also utilised quite extensively.

The biggest problem with this song was ending it. Ending after ending was devised and then scrapped. Finally I came down to two possible ones but I couldn't decide which I preferred, so I used both.
First, the descending chord series which was originally supposed to be faded out, but instead climaxes with the pipe organ. At one point this culminated in a grand, finishing chord but as mentioned, I decided that what the track really needed was a reprise of the 'chase' motif, so the chord was changed to lead into that.

lyrics

JAKE, GOD OF LIES (AND STUFF)

Cabbages and oranges
Give power to my ever-faithful minions, my faithful minions
Confusion and illusion
Aren’t strong enough to change my foes’ opinions
Their fixed opinions
Feathers, leaves and faith are all you need
To make forbidden magic work – as Gods go, I’m a jerk

If you dare, then take a care
Since worshipping me brings you persecution, such persecution
If you’re caught, the trial’s short
And tends to end with public execution, grim execution
They might kill My followers but some they’ll never recognise...
I AM THE GOD OF LIES

Long ago (as some will know)
I tried to take control of all Creation
Yeah, all Creation
Now exiled I am reviled, my worshippers
Risk death and condemnation
Yeah, condemnation
If you kill My followers, you’ll find
Your nights are filled with screams
I AM THE GOD OF DREAMS

What you’ve done strikes me as fun
So I’ll reward you in my usual manner, my charming manner
I’ll change your ears, astound your peers
A curse that’s not a curse it’s more a banner, a noble banner
With your pranks you risk your life to worship me, I guess It’s kind of odd
I AM THE TRICKSTER GOD

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from Evil Songs for Evil People, released March 19, 2016

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