Can't Sleep For Venus
(words and music by Brian Kious and Randall Belt - with additional material by Casey Wollberg)
13 steps to the gallows.
These aren't the roads that I'd take
15 down and you're mourning for your own sake.
First you slay the apprentice
Then you take the fools gold
Lights go out and you're standing with nothing to hold
Nothing to hold you down in the darkest of night
Bold escapist lines that you write, "I can't sleep for Venus"
I can't sleep for venus in my eyes (eyes eyes)
Don't leave notes on my pillow
Don't cry out for dawn here
Lanterns burn over London, bringing us home
Bringing us home tonight
I close my eyes on Hadrian's Wall
I can't drift off
I can't sleep for venus
I can't sleep for venus in my eyes
(eye eye eye eye)
Sun can't rise it's electric
Running past your window
Trailing ties to a morning somebody stole
Somebody stole our nights for days and decades
We can't keep on meeting this way
I can't sleep for venus
I can't sleep for venus in my eyes
I can't sleep for venus
I can't sleep for venus in my eyes
(eyes) (in my eyes) (eyes)
(in my eyes) (eyes) (in my eyes)
(C) (P) 2012 Randall Belt (ASCAP) and Brian Kious (ASCAP) , Barleyfields Records (ASCAP)
additonal material conributed by Casey Wollberg
Album: song notes
On the verses of this song ("13 steps to the gallows"...) Brian Kious is singing the leading vocal. On the chorus, ("Nothing to hold you down"...) Casey Wollberg and Randall Belt are singing - Casey sings two higher harmony parts and Randall sings the third lower harmony. On what we shall call the post-chorus ("I can't Sleep for venus"...) Casey is singing solo. On the "in my eyes" bit at the end, that is Brian and Randy singing. We tried various combination of vocals and harmonies both on the chorus and the post-chorus, but this recording is what came out sounding the best. We did many takes and tried many things on this particular song. The melody of the chorus and post-chorus are a lot trickier to nail vocally to any perfection for even the most experienced vocalist. And you know we refuse to use vocal correcting machines. This kind of music demands to be organic.
(words and music by Brian Kious and Randall Belt - with additional material by Casey Wollberg)
13 steps to the gallows.
These aren't the roads that I'd take
15 down and you're mourning for your own sake.
First you slay the apprentice
Then you take the fools gold
Lights go out and you're standing with nothing to hold
Nothing to hold you down in the darkest of night
Bold escapist lines that you write, "I can't sleep for Venus"
I can't sleep for venus in my eyes (eyes eyes)
Don't leave notes on my pillow
Don't cry out for dawn here
Lanterns burn over London, bringing us home
Bringing us home tonight
I close my eyes on Hadrian's Wall
I can't drift off
I can't sleep for venus
I can't sleep for venus in my eyes
(eye eye eye eye)
Sun can't rise it's electric
Running past your window
Trailing ties to a morning somebody stole
Somebody stole our nights for days and decades
We can't keep on meeting this way
I can't sleep for venus
I can't sleep for venus in my eyes
I can't sleep for venus
I can't sleep for venus in my eyes
(eyes) (in my eyes) (eyes)
(in my eyes) (eyes) (in my eyes)
(C) (P) 2012 Randall Belt (ASCAP) and Brian Kious (ASCAP) , Barleyfields Records (ASCAP)
additonal material conributed by Casey Wollberg
Album: song notes
On the verses of this song ("13 steps to the gallows"...) Brian Kious is singing the leading vocal. On the chorus, ("Nothing to hold you down"...) Casey Wollberg and Randall Belt are singing - Casey sings two higher harmony parts and Randall sings the third lower harmony. On what we shall call the post-chorus ("I can't Sleep for venus"...) Casey is singing solo. On the "in my eyes" bit at the end, that is Brian and Randy singing. We tried various combination of vocals and harmonies both on the chorus and the post-chorus, but this recording is what came out sounding the best. We did many takes and tried many things on this particular song. The melody of the chorus and post-chorus are a lot trickier to nail vocally to any perfection for even the most experienced vocalist. And you know we refuse to use vocal correcting machines. This kind of music demands to be organic.