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Talking To God

from Omnicore by Flatstick

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This and Twilight are my favourite two songs.

I wrote the music just before my mom died, and the lyrics after. It was April of 1999. My mom died on her birthday (April 28th). She was talking to her sister on the phone and collapsed during the phone call. My aunt called Fresno's 911 and my sisters, and that was that.

In Australia, I just got home from doing a graveyard shift at Plenty Valley FM and when I got to the front door (at 5 am mind you), my first wife met me there and she had been crying. She told me my sister called and that was all I needed to know. I flew out that day for a month. I slept in mom's bed for about the first week, begging for dreams, or to be haunted, or whatever. I just wanted to see my mother and have some sort of interaction. Didn't happen.The gift I had given her (Lounge Music CD) was still in her mailbox. My three sisters and I were a wreck.

I later found out my niece (who was living with my mom at the time), started having to deal with footsteps walking down the hall, the hall light turning on and off, etc. She finally had to say "Grandma, if that's you, please stop it, you're scaring me." It worked.

As for the song, someone called during the vocals and we kept it in. I think it was David Shilton, who was a musician friend of Gary's. These lyrics represent that month in Fresno, how I felt at the time, all of it.

As for the sad girl dancing thing, fuck knows where that came from. I wrote it, so I guess it was me. This is definitely one of the songs where Gary and I traded off drum fill ideas. I love that chorus. I love the whole song.

I think there's a place for metal and doof, as well. I'd love to make a whole album of it. Some day.

John / Doug teaches you to play Talking To God: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS4dFyHlAB8

lyrics

Brain burning
The eyes red from lack of sleep
Lost helpless
And travelling without my best friend

Fingersnap bright burning light
Speechless for once
Room spinning
Translation lost
Watch spasm mouth spew information
I'm on the next flight out

I'm frustrated (phone rings, we kept the take)
It's like I'm from a different world
No comfort
The more I try the more I'm clowned on

Condemned done nothing wrong
Get pushed aside
For caring

Don't want no brownie points
No decent tunes on hold
Press redial

Hello
It's been so long
And I'm sorry
I only call when things go wrong
Won't you help me wash away my pain?

Sad girl dancing
Has stepped on so many toes
She's asking questions
To find out what nobody knows

Gary's solo

Chorus

John's outro solo

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from Omnicore, released January 1, 2000
Music and Lyrics by John Sanders and Gary McKay.

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Flatstick Melbourne, Australia

Flatstick was originally a two man project between Melbourne musicians, John Sanders (AKA: Doug Steele) and Gary McKay (R.I.P.). The sound created by the two is best described as Faith No More meets Strapping Young Lad meets Frank Zappa meets Meshuggah meets Pantera meets Mr. Bungle meets Korn, and a dash of jazz (and a slice of electronic dance). ... more

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