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Song of the Week – “In Love With Nothing” from Tracer Metula

This weeks song of the week is courtesy of Tracer Metula… Check it out…

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Lyrics:

i’m a sinking i’m a sinking stone

i’ll be the reason you drown

i’m completely i’m completely stone

isn’t it easy to live all your life in love with nothing?

i’m conceited i’m conceited so

i’d rather be dead than wrong

i was thinking i was thinking oh!

i’d rather be dead than live all my life in love with nothing

are you fool enough too?

are you fool enough too?

are you fool enough to struggle for air?struggle for air

are you full enough to care?

how ‘bout that?

my heart stopped beating heart stopped beating so long ago

well, about that

my heart stopped beating heart stopped beating so long ago

oh well, about that

i’ve lived all my life in love with nothing

i’m no sinking i’m no sinking stone

i’d rather keep this flesh and bone

i’m no sinking i’m no sinking stone

i’d rather listen to cries and moans

i’m no sinking i’m no sinking stone

i’d rather breathe air to my lungs

i’m no sinking i’m no sinking stone

i’d rather be dead than live all my life in love with nothing

all my life in love with nothing

From front man Jacob Hunt on the song:

I’d had most of this vocal melody bouncing around in my head for a few years but never sat down to bang out the lyrics and structure. Then I got inspired to arrange it like a New Wave song from 1983.  The lead guitar lines came pretty quickly when I sampled the chords with a guitar pedal and improvised over the loop, but for the repetitive rhythm guitar figure, I sat plucking the acoustic at my parents’ house until I felt I had a forgotten hook from the post-punk songbook.

Lack of lyrics tends to prevent me from finishing a composition, but in this case, I went ahead and demo’d all the instruments and, with the track on repeat, I sort of used free association to expand three lines of place-holder lyrics into a cohesive song.  I try to use the words “heart” and “love” sparingly, but I think it fits the New Wave vibe here.  Anyway, the song’s meaning should be pretty straightforward:  it is about a rock that decides to overcome its specific gravity in order to preserve the life of a victim tossed off a bridge.  After the initial demo, I decided the chorus was weak so I chopped it up, rearranged it, tweaked the rhythm guitar, added some harmonies, and now I think we’ve got gold.

Tracer will be playing Weezer’s Pinkerton (plus b-sides!) in its entirety at 529 on Monday August 15.