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This song was recorded at Audio Recording, Inc. in Seattle by legendary engineer, Kearney Barton (who recorded The Kingsmen "Jolly Green Giant" of "Louie, Louie" fame, The Sonics "Psycho", The Frantics "Werewolf", and many others.) It was an 8 track analog studio, recorded onto 1 inch reel tape. To finish off this particular mix, I had to convert it from a cassette format onto the Audacity program on my computer with a JVC TD-W254 Double Cassette Deck 3 motor Silent Mechanism. Hope you enjoy it since it was a fun process to relive again. The players were: Wayde Brown (me) on vocals, lead and rhythm acoustic guitars, fretless bass and claves, Donna Austin on the female lead vocal, and a teenaged Mike Penland on drums.
I wrote this song back in 1991-1992. Sean Crain wrote the bass part that started the inspiration of the tune. It took only about 2 hours to fully write. I hadn't written many songs with a ¾ time signature before and I wanted a waltz feel. The lyrics were inspired as if a loved one had passed away and couldn't get over the initial pain. I always meant for this song to be sung and echoed back from my voice to a female voice, sharing the pain of what had taken place. On the final recording, you can tell my voice is more surreal (sung through a filter) and that the female voice is more grounded, providing the feel that I was looking for concerning the characters involved. Even though the male in the story doesn't know that he has passed away at first, he later feels ready to cross over, while the female hasn't accepted it yet because she misses him too much. It's about the sharing of souls, but the one soul is ready to move on while the other one is stuck, since she knows living alone after being with the love of her life for so many years will be painfully difficult. Yet they both understand why they are feeling what they are feeling. It's because they miss each other. This is the 418th song I wrote.

Recorded at Audio Recording, Inc. in Seattle, WA.

lyrics

I Kneel By A Fire Looking For Truth,
Wishing To Be There With You!
My Heart Burns Hot, Just Like The Flame.
For You're Gone And I Can't Help Crying! 'Cause I Miss You.

I Call Your Name When I'm Alone.
And Do You Know That I Am So Lonely?
Eternity Sings A Solemn Tune.
Echoes In Whispering Gloom, 'Cause I Miss You.

You Speak To Me When I'm Sleeping.
You Say To Me, "Be Strong!"
I Feel Like Dying Since You've Been Gone.
(Solo)
God Took You Home, Resting In Peace.
And I Keep On Dreaming Of You.
You're In My Soul, Always To Be;
Tormented And In Agony. 'Cause I Miss You. Oo!
(Solo)

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from MINE​-​-​ALL HAIL THE CHIEF (2024 Remaster), released May 4, 2014
Wayde K. Brown-Sean B. Crain

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I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I could talk at the age of one, and wrote my first real song at 15 years of age. (If you count avant-garde as a song, then the age would be 7.) I currently own my own recording studio; and I write, perform, and record my own music (and other's from time to time.) I am Santairs. ... more

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