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Laurel of Woven Sticks

by Mr. Smith

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Taken from a rateyourmusic.com compilation project. Everyone submitted three titles they'd like to hear the song on and got someone else's three titles. This was the best of the three and the lyrics grew from the title. I wanted to experiment with sampled guitar tomes in Reason for this so that's what I did. Enjoy!

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Laurel of Woven Sticks
Got home, my place had been emptied
They smashed the windows and broke down the door
Everything removed but for one item
Sitting alone in the middle of the floor

Do I remember or was I dreaming?
How did I get into this fix?
Only one thing could have caused this grief
The laurel of woven sticks

When I’m wearing my crown, I’m invincible
Like Jesus and Caesar before me
Thoughts so clean, so true, for the first time in my life
Just don’t think such gifts come for free

The cars on the road all follow me
Sinister shadows lurking inside
They don’t dare to come any closer
From a distance they watch and hide

Chorus

Once it is on it locks itself into place
And slowly takes over my mind
I’m just a vector to carry out its plans
It’ll use me then just leave me behind

In the mirror, my head all bloody
Pulsing and swollen, a deformed freak
I try to grab and remove my crown
But my arms stay still and my mouth can’t speak

Chorus

I can’t turn off its awesome power
It won’t just stop once I’ve had my kicks
I can’t let my life be run by a mere
Laurel of woven sticks

Get a book from the library
On magic spells and other tricks
In the index, how to get rid of a
Laurel of woven sticks

The only way to remove this thing
Is to write a song and play some licks
The curse then shifts to the listener of the
Laurel of woven sticks

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released November 15, 2021
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Mr. Smith Toronto, Ontario

Coming from Saint John, New Brunswick, Mr. Smith has been in many a band. Some Purple Larvae, Alexander Salamander, Caboose of Death, Cynics, Food and Feedback have all benefited from his presence. Now a solo act, his latest two recordings are now on Bandcamp. Coming at the breathtaking rate of one per decade, it's hard to keep up. Rectangles, his latest is Covid themed! ... more

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