Hymnal, by Pete Davis

Hymnal

from The Pottsville Conglomerate by Pete Davis

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about

When I was doing an internship at E&J Gallo Winery in California, I was working in a grape research plant in Livingston, a little town in the Central Valley (i.e., the desert). It was always really hot during the day, and I would work up a sweat crushing grapes. I used to go hang out in the back room to cool off. I would sit there for about ten minutes or so with the overhead fan buzzing above me, emitting a sort of low, droning sound with a discernible tone. I would sing melodies against it to pass the time, testing out different major/minor key changes and trying to make a song out of a single incessant harmonized note. I came up with two ideas; one that I haven't used yet, and one that turned into this song. The intro is an allusion to this process.

I was going to have stomps and hand claps in this song, but ultimately I decided I liked how it sounded in practice better without them.

lyrics

Let us tear it from the heart
Let us tear it from the heart
Let us purge the parasite
Let us bathe deep in their blood

Let it pour out from your eyes
Let it pour out from your eyes
Let us pour it from our veins
Let us pour a sacred flood

Let our rivers run and run
Let our rivers run and run
Bless you children, run and run
He will always find you here

For all of our humours, take one
For all of our answers, oh
For all of our hubris, another one gone
Another one gone
Let every lung fill

Let us bathe deep in their blood
Let us bathe deep in their blood
Foster hands of blackened coal
Let us bring a flood

credits

from The Pottsville Conglomerate, released 05 July 2011

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My name is Pete Davis. I am a 25-year-old musician and flavor chemist. I have been writing and recording my own music since 2002, always doing everything myself. I live with my wife and three cats in New Jersey.