'the payment'- something for you to sharpen your claws to

gonzo-x · alignin' 24-trk Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 53

A Halloween song, 'the payment'- something for you to sharpen your claws to...

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a new mix of this song-recorded a few years back.
with a new DAW is in the house, i thought i'd revisit this one.
i did some cool experimenting with the mix on this one, and i wanted to share it.

story:

it's a little ditty about 2 brothers and a lycanthrope.......
it's loosely based on the original wolfman movie, the one where larry talbot gets bitten by the werewolf, and he see's the pentagram in his hand, and he knows he's fucked, so he goes to the old gypsy woman to try to be cured, and she basically tells him the only thing for him to do, is to kill himself...... what a bum deal...

anyway, these 2 brothers have been partying all night, drunk as skunks, and one of them staggers out into the moor, and meets his maker.

the remaining brother wants revenge, but is sober enough to figure out that he'd better get some ammunition first...
so he goes to see the gypsy-witch, to get some aconite (wolfsbane) and a spell here, and a prayer there, and thinks that he's well prepared, and so he goes out to the moor to get his revenge.

but that's not what he gets......

“The Payment”
Written by Robert F. Gilliland
c1999 Robert F. Gilliland

Nightime, on the moor
drank up all the mead
mist is in the air
full moon, did the deed.

never saw the evil...
that poor ole son of a bitch
felt the claws that gripped his throat
yeah, he was dead without a twitch.

'it's your brother down on the moor,
with his head down at his feet!'

drink the aconite, tonight
toast the witches curse
pray to whoever you believe in
to pass over you the worst

it's your brother on the moor,
with his head down at his feet
and the debt has not been paid in full
will you, your maker, meet?

run into the moor
and see the evil eye
upon you cast a glance,
and the payment, it is nigh.

gonzo-x · alignin' 24-trk Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 53

now, with more claws!

gonzo-x · alignin' 24-trk Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 53

ok, took the extra claws out...

put in a little more teeth...

smoothed the hair down a bit....

added a bit of gut.

maybe too much gut, that's what i need feedback on......

lyman

hey man! i remember that song from the boogie board. mark IIB sounds great.

gonzo-x · alignin' 24-trk Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 53

thanks lyman!