Humongous thanks to the session musicians who turned my rather mechanical arrangement into a real song.

Craig Agnew on electric guitar, Sam Atkins on bass, Doug Stenhouse on keyboards, Chris Pierson on drums and the unflappable Bob Bickerton handling the sound and mixing.

None of this would have happened without the funding from Play It Strange (www.playitstrange.co.nz)

Video edit done in Final Cut by me.

ARROGANCE

Started out early in the week
When I was thinking about the usual things
Like how can I put that aside
When I got a million other things going through my mind

And that’s when it happened
My bridge of comfort came tumbling down
Into the river of despair and confusion
So complicated I can’t even fully describe it in my words
A million things going through my head

And so I’ll start again
Cos it won’t hurt on the outside
Hit return to send your life away on a journey
Do you comprehend the fact that we have it pretty easy
Cos in the end, it won’t kill you

Making sure that life keeps its tone
Are the answers all in the snow

I can see myself in those clouds
The endless sky is always bound

By our own thoughts, the things we say
When I go you’ll have your way

Do you feel like you’re torn apart
From the reality that you want to grasp
So if you decide to not come back
Well life goes on and that is that I guess yeah

And so I’ll start again
Cos it won’t hurt on the outside
Hit return to send your life away on a journey
Do you comprehend the fact that we have it pretty easy
Cos in the end it won’t kill you

Making sure that life keeps its tone
Are the answers all in the snow

The fires of are warming my toes
As the rays of heaven are burning my nose
Sit down relax and see time fly
Cos no one wants to say goodbye

All the days just seems too far
But they’ll just keep growing if I ever start
Alone this time it isn’t bad
But flicking through what I have had

And so I’ll start again
Cos it won’t hurt on the outside
Hit return to send your life away on a journey
Do you comprehend the fact that we have it pretty easy
Cos in the end it won’t kill you

Duration : 0:4:24

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