I’m never sure about titles. In fact, I often hate titling songs, and sometimes have short nicknames for songs which is how I refer to them in set lists or whatever. That’s definitely the case with this one. It was nearly called “Running For Miles”, but I’m not too sure about that either. I guess I’ll see what I think when the time comes that it is released properly recorded. This song is another really old lyric (one from when I was a teenager) that decided to become a song in the last year.
There’s a section in the demo where I think it’s clear that there’ll be a fuller instrumentation in the song from that point. This is one of those songs where the melody and piano part just came together at the same time. It’s a simple little song and I’ve grown rather fond of it. It’s about someone I know, sort of. But I guess it’s true that any song I write about someone I know, or something I’ve experience, is fictionalised in some way. Most of the elements remain, but altered just enough that I feel more comfortable with them.
[audio:http://www.misterebby.com/previewtracks/rebel.mp3]
Rebel (demo)
Lyrics
Outside the door
she sits and waits
Not wanting to go in at all.Cropped hair
Leather
Screaming for youShe put your head
under the blade
too many times, too many timesThey say she ran away from herself
Too often
But I know,
I know that she’s in trainingRunning for miles,
She could run
For miles, for her.
