Which version of Black Light One do you like best? The drums are sequenced in all three versions—all are available as free streams or mp3 downloads.
Crimson Road version: mp3 or Last.fm.
2004 original version.
my headache lives in your basement, painting x’s on the faces, in the magazines, that come for free, on the pages that free the streets, black-and-white photo, red underline, images folding in section five, this waiting room’s a little too bright, for my eyes that try to hide, on the table electric holiday, all the faces that we’ll never see, black light one: conversation, we’ll take five for indignation, my errant mind has left the building, and our white lies are quickly turning black.
Exitlevel version: mp3.
This is the version I recorded with my band Exitlevel in 2005. Vocals and bass by me (Ryan Van Etten). Rhythm guitar and backup vocals by Julian Sylvester, who now fronts The Voxys.
Ryan (left) and Julian (right) in New York in 2005.
The Spin Arounds version: mp3 or Last.fm.
2007 Black Light One album version. The structure and lyrics are new on this one:
My headache lives in your basement, painting x’s on the faces,
In the magazines that come for free, on the pages that free the streets
Black and white photo, red underline, images folding in section five,
This waiting room’s a little too bright for my eyes that try to hide,
On the table electric holiday, all the faces that we’ll never see,
Black light one: conversation, we’ll take five for indignation,
My errant mind has left the building, and our white lies are quickly turning black
Black and white photo, read all the time,
Maybe it’ll all unfold, and we’ll be safe tonight
Black light one: conversation, we’ll take five for indignation,
In this waiting room a little too bright for my eyes that try to hide,
On the table electric holiday, all the pages that free the streets
When you take mine, I would change forever,
And our white lies are quickly turning black, black, black.
