Track #1 - Tension

Recorded - 

Basic Track - May 21, 22, 28 and 29, 2013
Additional Percussion - July 28, 2013
Vocals - September 17, 2013 and January 15, 2015
Additional Guitar - October 17, 2013, December 17, 2014 and January 7, 2015

Backstory - 

"Tension", the opening track on Long Way, was born out of a bluesy jam from sometime in the summer of 2009. Over the years, I tweaked the music, made the song a bit more rock than blues, and set about recording it some four years into its creation.

One of the central themes of this album is frustration, and "Tension", lives up to that, both lyrically and in real life. The song was originally considered done in late 2013, before I even released Breaking Through The Glass. As the years rolled on, however, I grew dissatisfied with my original lyrics and ended up re-recording most of them not once, but twice! Each time I did, the theme of the song changed accordingly. Lyrically, the song is rather ambiguous, the "House" that is talked about in the song is up for your own interpretation!

Special thanks to Sam Weiss for playing the Yardbirds-esque guitar during the end of the song!

Lyrics - 

This house is unstable, getting worse each day. 
Feel the floors shaking/creaking, foundation giving way. 
It feels like any day now, it's all going to come down on top of me. 
So much for a lifetime warranty. 

KNOCK KNOCK!

The front door slams down, shingles slide off and the roof it caves in.
I thought this house was strong and lasting, now it's on the brink of crashing.
It's a-happening faster than expected, gonna turn a haven into a pile of wreckage.
Floor boards under my feet are tearing, tension's getting overbearing!

Chorus: This house is falling down and it's happening fast.
I'm caught in the epicenter of this great collapse.
Push and pulled in every direction torn all around.
At the rate this house is falling down, I'm gonna wind up buried underground.

This old house, that once was strong and proud.
Is now a wreck, cuz life's gone and crashed right into it.
Piece by piece it's falling to the ground, brick by brick it's separating.
Tension's building getting heavy, all this weight is crushing my body!

(Chorus)

I'm buried under the rubble in the cellar, my body's starting to crunch.
Smothered under the rubble in the cellar, but the rescue team's out to lunch.
C'mon c'mon c'mon, pull me out of here! Where did you go now? Please pull me out of here, NOW!!