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Return to Babel (2014)

from Project Retake by DOUG the Eagle

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Again, I thought it was a pretty good song (though the lyrics are a bit embarrassing now, to be honest). But I always wanted to digitally freeze the vocals, something I simply couldn't afford back in the day. This time I got a cheap freeze pedal, but then discovered that it didn't cut out the original input. After spending far too long fruitlessly attempting to mod it to do this, I used a brute force approach of recording it, shutting off the input and then editing out the mixed part. With razorblades. None of your fancy DAW editing here. Crude, but effective. Listen carefully to the end of the last one and you'll hear the tape slipping as the recorder was shut off. I decided to leave that in just for kicks.

As mentioned, the other big change was adding the intro, which was actually inspired by a very old demo of the song when I wasn't entire sure where the babbling should go. I liked how it sounded and decided that it would make a good intro if I ever revisited the song.

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Return to Babel
(Original recording appears on 'A Day at the People Factory', 2005)


He
He loves
He loves to see you
He loves to see you suffer
He wanna see you suffer
We suffer

We
We will
We will return
We will return to Babel
Return to Babel
Return to Babel

I
I come
I come to claim you
I come to claim you, human
I claim you, human
I come to claim you

TheLORDismyshepherdIshallnotwantHemakethmetoliedowningreenpasturesHeleadethmebesidethestillwatersHerestorethmysoulHeleadethmeinthepathsofrighteousnessforHisnamessakeYeathoughIwalkinthevalleyoftheshadowofdeathIwillfearnoevilforThouartwithmeThyrodandThystafftheycomfortmeThoupreparestatablebeforemeinthepresenceofmineenemiesThouanointestmyheadwithoilmycuprunnethoverSurelygoodnessandmercyshallfollowmeallthedaysofmylifeandIwilldwellinthehouseoftheLORDforever

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from Project Retake, released May 6, 2014

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