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My Tartarus
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Facing your fears
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Trash-pop, guitar rock and melodic miscellany.
Not so much a band as a bloke with a guitar and a laptop, The Smivets deliver a genre-bending blend of pop, rock, punk, prog and many other monosyllables.
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Genre
Rock • Rock General
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#310 in subgenre Peak #2
Charts
Peak #113
Author
Steve Smith
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Steve Smith
Uploaded
October 31, 2024
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MP3 10.5 MB • 320 kbps • 4:35
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WAV 46.2 MB
Story behind the song
This comes from a painful childhood memory that I have never shared before. The Terrapin was a temporary building - a Portakabin used as a classroom. Obviously it was forbidden to crawl underneath it but that proved just too irresistable. A horrible boy whose name I can't recall saw us and threatened to report us to the headmistress - the formidable Mrs Busby, who would surely punish the transgression. The fear and shame of this threat affected me so much that I used to spend every playtime with my face turned to the wall in the hope that this boy wouldn't recognise me and make good his threat. I was 7. Soon afterwards I moved school and was relieved to have got away with it so I could get on with normal life, but later reflected that I should have faced the fear.
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Hiding under the Terrapin I dare not breathe Facing retribution No reprieve In clammy dread of being hunted by my shadow Never face the wall with your back to the sun Feeling the heat yet chilled to the marrow Cover your face but the damage is done Just when you think it's settled Life stomps in Kicking your plan to pieces Start again Fear freezes blood like ice and iron Where is the trend you're depending upon? Now I'm relying on lithium ion Reach out your hand but everything's gone Can't do this any more Pick your face off the floor You're not captive here What are you waiting for? Nothing to shame about Driving your demons out Fear is a part of us This is your Tartarus Can't do this any more Pick your face off the floor You're not captive here What are you waiting for? Nothing to shame about Driving your demons out Fear is a part of us This is your Tartarus Can't do this any more Pick your face off the floor You're not a captive here What are you waiting for? Nothing to shame about Driving your demons out Fear is a part of us This is your Tartarus Can't do this any more Pick your face off the floor You're not a captive here What are you waiting for? Nothing to shame about Driving your demons out Fear is a part of us This is your Tartarus
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GeeS1
May 19
really cool track with a truckload of attitude which makes for really great rock songs, lyrics and vocals sounding so good, guitar's great!
steveweyman
Nov 04, 2024
Another great track Steve . Love the hooky guitar lines you come up with sounds awesome as per . Great lyrics to describe the fear you had . Production is top shelf . The albums sounding absolutely fantastic ! Back for more !