Violent Soho

OK Cathedral

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Tell everyone.
Tell everyone you'd like to tell
That i'm not gonna make it

Waiting and waiting for god
To carry me to shore
No i'm not gonna take it

And i said to my mother
Gonna change you
Gonna save you
But I'll be here anyway

Everyone knows it's just like that
The government knows it's just like that
The writing is written on your back
I'll take an island in your eyes
Watch the sun get high
And pretend until it's all gone
I don't ever wanna go
This cathedral is my home

Wake up inside
Wake up inside what you don't know
Cause we're not gonna make it
For years we've been acting so cold
Useless chat and ice
No we're not gonna take it

And i said to my mother
Gonna change you
Gonna save you
But I'll be here

Everyone knows it's just like that
The government knows it's just like that
The writing is written on our back
I'll take an island in your eyes
Watch the sun get high
And pretend until it's all gone
I don't ever wanna go
This cathedral is my home
This cathedral is my home

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azazel23 On Dec 27, 2013

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AllOutPsycho

2014-02-04 10:06:33

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2014-02-04 00:23:10

Azazel23

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2013-12-27 04:02:10

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Officially from the band:

This song is about escapism. I kept telling Bryce (our producer) it had to sound like you were sitting in an old gigantic church. There is something amazing about these spaces; they have a heavy presence that feels like a blanket thrown over yourself you can’t shake off. In the end it took three days to do the lead guitars. I experimented with running the guitar through expensive modelling pedals like the Eventide Space, then screwing up the sound with a volume pedal and ZVEX fuzz factory. We just kept layering heavy swells and sustained notes, then one day we sat back and listened to the track and Bryce and I agreed we wouldn’t touch it again. It had organically grown into something you couldn’t possibly plan or sketch out. It’s become one of my personal favourites Violent Soho has ever recorded.

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