Might As Well (2009)

Originally written in January of 2009, this came to me one cold night whilst pouring my last glass of wine for the evening. First two lines, then the rest followed; basically just a song about being lonely and wavering between wishing someone was there with me, and wallowing in my lonliness. I created the music for it that night...then sat on it forever.

The problem was that I recorded the vocals with a cheap mic, and somehow added some crazy FX to it that highlighted the nuances of dirty line-noise in such a way that it sounded pretty good. But I wanted it to sound better. I re-recorded my voice, then added some verb and retro-eq to the main vocal. Backing vocals were redone, with simple verb and delay. Still doesn't quite come close to the original, but good enough I suppose. :) However, it was quite the process.

The music was made using a combination of FL (for drums and sequencing), and Ableton for synth composing and sequencing (which are barely present in this minimal little tune). I also cut up the vocals and placed them into FL to render since those crazy FX were being utilized that way. Finally, each track was rendered seperately and brought into Acid to add compression and panning and all kinds of other fun stuff, then into Wavelab to place the vocals and add more FX. The vocal tracks were then rendered seperately and brought back into Acid and mixed down along with the original song.

Although I'm still not 100% 'happy' with it, I like it enough to let you finally have a listen. Seeing as I've been listening to it for the last year and a half, I figured it's time to move it on. I hope you enjoy it.




Might as well drink the rest of this wine,
I'm here all by myself again
No other way to kill the time,
No other way to see that this night ends

Oh, you...
The way you're wrapped around my head
Oh, you...
I'd rather be here alone instead
Of wondering,
Waiting,
Guessing what this life will bring
Searching,
Needing,
Keeping a record of my dreams...

Might as well listen to the clock
The maddening tick of time unspent,
No other way to fill me up,
No other way to see that this life's meant...

Oh, you...
The way you're wrapped around my head
Oh, you...
I'd rather be here alone instead
Of wondering,
Waiting,
Guessing what this life will bring
Searching,
Needing,
Keeping a record of my dreams...

Might as well climb in bed right now
Maybe tomorrow I'll see another way
No other way to let life unfold,
A few more hours to seize another day

Oh, you...
The way you're wrapped around my head
Oh, you...
I'd rather be here alone instead
Of wondering,
Waiting,
Guessing what this life will bring
Searching,
Needing,
Keeping a record of my dreams...