MONAHANS 2010 RECORDINGS: TRACK 2
ROAM AN EMPTY SPACE Download mp3 (Right Click + Save)

MUSIC BY MONAHANS. LYRICS BY GREG VANDERPOOL ©2010 SIDE FOUR MUSIC/ASCAP

PRODUCED BY MILTON MAPES

BRITTON BEISENHERZ - FENDER RHODES, PERCUSSION, LOOPS
ROBERTO SANCHEZ - DRUMS, SYNTH, PERCUSSION
GREG VANDERPOOL - ELECTRIC GUITARS, VOCALS
JOSHUA ZARBO - BASS

RECORDED AND MIXED BY BRITTON BEISENHERZ AT RAMBLE CREEK, AUSTIN, TX , MAR-APR 2010
PRELIMINARY RECORDING ON LOCATION IN VAN HORN, TX, OCT 2009

MASTERED BY JIM WILSON AT AIRSHOW, BOULDER, CO





Track 2 "Roam An Empty Space" was built on the original drum tracks and rural drone from an earlier sketch under the working title "Real Gone". The chord progression was inverted from the ranch recording with alternate lyrics that were developed in the subsequent months. Overdubs were added at Ramble Creek in Austin the weeks following SXSW, including the "ghost vocal" track sung through Britton's homemade microphone (comprised of a Brawny paper towel spool and old phone parts).



ROAM AN EMPTY SPACE

Someone said they heard it in the distance humming
Moving along at a hollow pace, a hollow place

And tommorrow we go crawling along
To all the cities
Into every land
With a blind devotion on a one way road

Four in the morning
No diverted sting
Noone to give her shelter
Led by an unguided wing

Go on a tirade with a destination unknown
Who's gonna man the bridge when they kill your engine

It's inconsequential
You're helpless and restless
In a flawed system traveling down light

A poignant discussion
Further distance apart Danger life surrounding
Only some will survive

Vague perception
Fall into the order
How long can it last...How long can it last
All day till you give up
Void of marrow or sound and the unspeakable stuff

And it's all a game to the end
Falling and calling
Waiting to turn it around