ZeCoop: Leslie told me they were writing lyrics for the poisonous plant challenge and wondered if I could write a hard rocker for it. The lyrics and structure pretty much immediately inspired music, which ended up working perfectly. I recorded the guitars and then my brother was here for the weekend, so I had Rob do the drums. (and he killed it!). Sent it over, got the vocals back from Leslie and finished it up with bass and one more guitar. This song has some SERIOUS attitude!! It is always great writing with Leslie and always awesome getting to play music with my brother!
guatecoop: Good lord guys! Huge voice and huge guitars! Thanks!
Leslie: I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! I don't get to put on my rock voice often enough. It was so much fun to record and it was over too quickly. This song's about a relationship inspired by Monkshood, aka Wolfsbane (Aconitum spp.) where the hunted stands up to the hunter and dares him to just do it already. (My lack of patience makes me reckless sometimes.) I love collaborating with Coop, and it was definite fortune to get to collaborate with Rob on this too.
featuring Rob Cooperider @guatecoop : drums
John Cooperider @zecoop : music, guitars, bass, engineering
Leslie Hudson @leslie : lyrics, melody, vocals
Lyrics
Go deeper than the surface
And what do you find?
That any chance of surfacing
Weighs down the mind
We handled it with kid gloves
But it wasn't enough
Whenever the gloves came off
Things got rough
Seeping in with a touch
You can poison so much
I watch as you draw your hood
And howl with the wolves
Dipping your arrow in
You want to be shot of me, good
So aim for the bloodstream
Aim for the bloodstream
Do what your heart's been telling you
Do it
I traced it to the root cause
But it was too late
Just short of causing a scene
I chose fate
Sinking into my skin
How can it be so thin?
I watch as you draw your hood
And howl with the wolves
Dipping your arrow in
You want to be shot of me, good
So aim for the bloodstream
Aim for the bloodstream
Do what your heart's been telling you
Do it
Draw your hood
As if I wouldn't know you in the dark
Gone for good
You hide behind the deer blind
And miss your mark
I'm a moving target this time
A better target this time
I watch as you draw your hood
And howl with the wolves
Dipping your arrow in
You want to be shot of me, good
So aim for the bloodstream
Aim for the bloodstream
Do what your heart's been telling you
Do it
Do it
Why don’t you do it?
Do it
Aim for the bloodstream