Siren Song

Story Behind The Song

"I tried casting away / to float with the other pedestals" starts the song, and, in truth, it was the trigger for writing the song. We've all tried to set ourselves apart from others and think we're special at some point in our lives only to find out that we're "all the same."

Song Description

This country-esque tune uses poetic lyrics, Greek mythologiacal imagery (the sirens!), and a memorable harmonica part to create a nifty little buddhist song about how everything and nothing matters.

Song Length 3:05 Genre Folk - Rock, Rock - Indie/Low-Fi
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Subject Spirituality, Life Similar Artists Wilco, Counting Crows
Language English Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

SIREN SONG
alan semerdjian

I tried casting away
to float with the other pedestals
meaning to sound in my head
the only thing that comes back

I?m near the sirens
like a truck hit by a man I heard them calling
when I could hardly hear
I?m where the fire is
barely breathing out the smoke I?m burning down with
when I find out it?s all the same

I tried lifting my head
went at it all day
I focused all of my breath
but it finally came back

near the sirens
like a truck hit by a man I heard them calling
when I could hardly hear
I?m where the fire is
barely breathing out the smoke I?m burning down with
when I find out it?s all the same

I tried casting away
to float with the other pedestals
meaning to sound in my head
the only thing that came back

Lyrics alan semerdjian Music alan semerdjian
Producer mike bloom and alan semerdjian Publisher alan semerdjian
Performance alan semerdjian

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