Circus Monkeys

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Tuned the first string down a step in order to record this song.
This makes playing power cords easier. DropD - A - D - G - B - E
Only broke down the first set of lyrics this time, and I left out the breakdown of the chorus and bridge.
This time it will be about the music.

I started out by finding a fast tempo that I liked, then I found a series of chords that worked well with what I was feeling at the time.
I then recorded both sides (left and right). I usually only put guitar and bass on left and right channels, and leave the singing for centered.
Then I recorded the verse riff, all of this before even writing a lyric, which isn't like me. I usually write lyrics before I write the melodies and whatnot,
but trying new things is good too. Then I wrote the filling lick, bridge, and chorus. Still hadn't wrote a word. After I finished making the drums, and the guitar I wrote the lyrics. Then I recorded the lyrics, and a solo. Also added the "slope chords" in the beggining to make the tension a bit greater for when the distortion comes in. And thats it.

VERSE 1

Regret,
Forsaken destiny of stone, ----------------------------------------------------you regret your destiny
Forget,
Your memories of everything you've known, --------------------------------- you forget everything you've known
Upset,
Unsettling images of your sympathies, -------------------------------------------------- upset, you have bad images of your compassions
Perplexed,
Running through the alleyways of societies, ---------------------- confused, you run hidden from people
Circus monkey,
you dance, your little life away, ------------------------------------------- you are their tool, you dance your life away
Clapping your hands,
whenever they beckon,
you clap right away, ------------------------------------------- being their tool, whenever they call, you dance right away

BRIDGE

You are their tool to be used,
you have nothing left to,
they give you nothing to,
proove,

CHORUS

Obsession,
Oppression,
We are the children
that will not listen,

posessions,
agression,
we will take back
whats supposed to be given,

>>SOLO<<

VERSE 2

Drained,
Of all our power, and our thrones
Spayed,
by the people who say they claim to know,
Hearts,
battered and beaten, we are alone,
in Grave,
and dire times, we are the only hope,
Circus monkies,
we dance, our little lives away,
Clapping our hands,
whenever they beckon,
we will not clap today