I wrote the lyrics for this song while I was in Dublin, I think some were written on the train to Dublin and the rest in the IFI. I wasn’t fully sure what the lyrics were about at the time, and they were puzzling me a bit. But I had a music idea in my head, but when I went to the piano some time later, the music changed and the song developed a different sound to what I had previously thought in my head.
But even as I had started playing the song live a little, there was something missing in it, and I couldn’t hear what it was. Then an Allelujah I’d written for a amateur musical production inspired by the music of Sister Act (no joke), decided to slip into the song. It fitted, and definitely suited this song more than the choral arrangement of Kylie’s Can’t Get You Out Of My Head that I’d written it for initially. (again, I’m not joking. I still have that arrangement.)
But as soon as the Allelujah slipped into the song, I realised what the song was about, and it all became much clearer to me. The beautiful Meadhbh Sullivan added the vocals for the Allelujah parts for me, and the demo is a good idea of what the song will be.
[audio:http://www.misterebby.com/previewtracks/tmademo.mp3]
mister ebby – Take Me Away (demo) featuring Meadhbh Sullivan
Lyrics
No I don’t belong here,
This isn’t my place,
I feel really ugly,
I feel like I’m a waste.Somebody come and hold me
Somebody take my hand
This place is quite scary
Take me to a happier land.And take me away – just like Dorothy
Fly me through the air to a land overseas
Take me away – I’m not worthy
Put me in a hole and just forget all about me
Don’t pass me by – please take notice
I love you so much, I love you so much.
AllelujahI’ll peel off all my skin,
And look in deeper,
There must be something there,
There must be something creepierAnd take me away – just like Dorothy
Fly me through the air to a land overseas
Take me away – I’m not worthy
Put me in a hole and just forget all about me
Don’t pass me by – please take notice
I love you so much, I love you so much.
AllelujahAll day long people looking at me
Staring a the monster lurking in me
So I check behind my eyes – searching me
I check into the mirror
