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Cruel Messiah

The drums are programmed using MoCon Drum playing Boss DR-55 samples being processed in a variety of different ways. The electric sitar and upright bass melodies were created using a number system conversion. I converted the words “cruel messiah” from a base-36 counting system to a base-7 (matching the number of notes in the scale) and the resulting melody was overlain onto a rhythm mosaic. Rhythm mosaics are created by randomly selecting from premade pulse-length rhythmic motifs until the desired number of measures is reached. I have used this process before in songwriting, but not recently and not on any released songs. The piano and struck glasses were programmed fractally using my familiar “Amara” methods. The anti-verse also features me playing melodica (marking its debut in my music) through a trance gate effect.

The lyrics were largely inspired by the book "Banana" by Dan Koeppel which among other things details the likely loss of our current #1 banana (the Cavendish) to Panama disease.

lyrics

Cruel Messiah
By (H+) M.S.G.

Verse1-

Golden fingers and blue skinned men
Make sweet flesh to build your temple
Became a stranger in the homes you left behind
Chant Cavendish is dieing
Our Cruel Messiahs are rotting where they stand

Chorus-

Chant Cavendish is dieing (x3)
And cruel messiahs always waste away
It won't be like the last time
The mixture without its claws
Your fall is not to be denied

Bridge-

Antiverse-

Chorus-

Verse 2-

Even after all the pain you caused
Can we stand by and watch you fade away and die
Slip through our fingers the lives you threw away
Chant Cavendish is dieing
Our cruel messiah has lost its fighting

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from MudBlood​/​From 'H' On. . ., released August 17, 2010

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