{"id":31,"date":"2005-03-10T23:40:25","date_gmt":"2005-03-11T07:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregbueno.com\/wp\/meisakuki\/2005\/03\/10\/take_it_apart\/"},"modified":"2005-03-10T23:40:25","modified_gmt":"2005-03-11T07:40:25","slug":"take_it_apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregbueno.com\/meisakuki\/2005\/03\/10\/take_it_apart\/","title":{"rendered":"Take It Apart"},"content":{"rendered":"

This song was originally called “Caught in the Dark”, and it was supposed to be the title track to what I imagined Project Imprint<\/i> would eventually become. But there was a point after high school where I convinced myself I’m no Simon Le Bon, and keeping a bunch of lyrics without melodies was confining.
\nSo I threw a lot of them out. And I don’t regret it either — most of those lyrics were Duran Duran rip-offs anyway.
\nBut the original idea behind “Caught in the Dark” was to write in the style of Soul II Soul, which I went ahead and attempted anyway, even without the original lyrics as a guide.
\nFor years, this song has been simply called “Untitled (House)”. Well, not anymore. Unwieldy though the melody may be, I threw together some hasty lyrics for it. This song doesn’t really demand much depth, so I’m not breaking my back being too literary about it.
\nIn other words, it’s another love song. More to the point, a break-up song, the assertive flip-side to “Our Best Wasn’t Enough”. I think they suite the song just fine. You can’t get very Duran Duran with music that tries to be Soul II Soul.
\nHere now: “Take It Apart<\/a>“:
\n“Take It Apart”
\nMarch 10, 2005
\nI could tell you, but you won’t listen
\nYou could promise — I won’t believe it
\nWe could try it, but would it matter?
\nHere we are once again
\nWhat would you do if one day you found
\nI would never return the favor?
\nWhat’s the point in another chance if
\nOnce again here we are?<\/i>
\nTell me now — is this how you pictured it?
\nRound and round, it’s just the same, old conversation
\nYou and me — the tension was fun
\nBut tension is all it’s become
\nYou could tell me, but I won’t hear it
\nI could promise — would you believe it?
\nWe could try to remember back when
\nWe were once good together
\nWhat would I do if come tomorrow
\nYou decided it’s worth the effort
\nWhat’s the point in another chance if
\nOnce again here we are<\/i>
\nTell the truth — is this how you wanted it, or
\nMaybe I’m the one who can’t let go of wanting
\nEverything to be like it was
\nThe first time desire took hold
\nHere we are again, back to the point where it went wrong
\nBut do we try to make it right, or do we
\nTake it apart, take it apart, we could just
\nTake it apart, and start all over
\nI could tell you, but you won’t listen
\nYou could promise — I won’t believe it
\nWe could try it, but would it matter?
\nHere we are once again
\nWhat would you do if one day you found
\nI would never return the favor?
\nWhat’s the point in another chance if
\nOnce again here we are?<\/i>
\nTell me now — just how we could salvage it, or
\nMaybe we should let it come to its conclusion
\nYou and me — we had all our fun
\nIt’s time that our lives begun
\nHere we are again, back to the point where it went wrong
\nBut do we try to make it right, or do we
\nTake it apart, take it apart, we could just
\nTake it apart, take it apart, why don’t we
\nMake a new start, make a new start, and we could
\nMake a new start the next time around
\nI could tell you, but you won’t listen
\nYou could promise — I won’t believe it
\nWe could try it, but would it matter?
\nHere we are once again
\nWhat would you do if one day you found
\nI would never return the favor?
\nWhat’s the point in another chance if
\nOnce again here we are?
\nYou could tell me, but I won’t hear it
\nI could promise — would you believe it?
\nWe could try to remember back when
\nWe were once good together
\nWhat would I do if come tomorrow
\nYou decided it’s worth the effort
\nWhat’s the point in another chance if
\nOnce again here we are<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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