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“How Things Go” by The Motel Life (bandcamp)
Hell is a small town out of Southern California
Where I live with a woman stuck in coma
You should already know
But I can see that there’s a window of hope
But I rather just sit around and smoke
This how it goes
You should already know
She said composure got the best of me, while I lie face down on the ground
There’s nothing wrong with me, ignoring everyone that’s around
I guess this is falling out, but you’re a face that just can’t ignore
But I’ll try, but I’ll try
I’ll write some stories about my friends
And how they spend their nights and their weekends
You should already know
I’m sorry I can’t be calm when by now everything has gone so wrong
This is how it goes
You should already know
So go ahead and seek your father to thank him for giving up on you
He seem to know what he was doing from the start
Notes:
Mike – This fun track is kind of a spiritual sequel to the themes that were in our first EP We All Left Something Behind. The lyrics followed the same idea of issues growing up in the town of Ontario, Calif. If you know anything about me, you know that I have several issues with my hometown. The chorus for this song came from an old Elm and Oak song that Judcody and I never released. It felt good having some of that song see the light of day. Also, there are a lot of little nods to people I know in this song, which is always fun for hometown shows because I like looking at them when I know I’m singing about them. PS: Fuck Stimmel.
Judcody - “How Things Go” is a perfect example of how a deadline for studio time can be great for a song. I wasn’t completely confident about this track until Al came over and wrote his part.
Al- “How Things Go” is one of those pieces of work that just happened naturally. I remember Judcody, Nick and I pulled this song together in a jam fairly quickly out in Judcody’s garage in San Bernardino. Judcody and Nick kind of had something going before hand but nothing too definite if I remember correctly. In less than about an hour we jammed something pretty solid, and I recorded on my handy iPhone with the voice memo app. The thing that’s interesting about that is the way we jammed it and recorded it on the iPhone, like in terms of counts and general structure of the song, pretty much stayed the same on the album “Retreat.”
Ray - This song is probably my favorite to play live. Particularly because I enjoy my killer bass lines, but also because I like to see Al and Judcody hit the high note during the bridge. I remember also hating anyone that owned a Rickenbacker bass like the one I played on to record this song. To conclude: this song rules; too bad we don’t play it too much because it takes Judcody way too long to get into half-step.
Nick – “How Things Go” was probably one of the last songs we wrote for Retreat. Judcody, Al and I spent a couple days at Judcody’s just writing and trying to finish up small ideas we all had and “How Things Go” was the only one we finished. It all happened really fast. Musically I think it’s one of our more catchy songs, but that doesn’t take away from the overall theme of the song, which is actually much, more of a bummer than an upbeat theme. This song’s chorus was also a chorus for Mike and Judcody’s old band so I was really excited to hear it redone for The Motel Life. Overall, I think this song is a great beginner song for new TML fans. It really showcases everyone in the band.
