Pieces from Otherverses by Anything Box

We wanted Living In Oblivion to be a proper 12" when it was released. It was supposed to have two songs as part of the 12". Time To Go, and Pieces. We performed Pieces once in Houston for our debut show there at the Lizard Lounge, but it had started to be in our sets in 1988.

The pattern of waiting and it being rejected plays out again. In addition, the master tape had been missing for over 30 years. This recording has both the 1988 master and my 2024 add-ons.

Fun fact: The 'Dania Sample' was first used, and abandoned from, Soul On Fire because we felt it worked better here. So the intention to release it was always there.

It always belonged here though, in 2024.

Tracklist

6.	Pieces	4:44

Lyrics

Pieces

A moment in our history
the broken vows
all mystery
delusion, confusion
draped in evolution

The playground has been violated
torn apart by excavation
and degradation/degeneration
simple desperation

There’s more to life
than meets the eye
forever

We want to make the perfect world
the perfect world was in the past
before us… Yes. Before us.
Technology is in our hands
the sweaty hands
that hold no special mercy…
for ecology

There’s more to life
than meets the eye
forever

A moment in our history
the broken vows
all mystery
delusion, confusion
draped in evolution

The playground has been violated
torn apart by excavation
and degradation/degeneration
circumnavigation
There’s more to life
than meets the eye
forever

Cry like a soldier,
Cry like a soldier,
forever…

Cry like a soldier,
Cry like a soldier,
forever...

[C] 2024 endpop //:\ Claude S.

Credits

from Otherverses, released September 6, 2024
Claude S. (endpop) BMI // Produced by Jon St James at Formula 1, with additional production in 2024 by Anything Box.

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