E.G. Phillips
Mental Maps
Chained to the Sun - artwork by Mario M. Noche
Chained to the Sun
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Produced by Kenny Schick
Instrumentation recorded at Basement3Productions in East Nashville Vocals by E.G. Phillips recorded at Ducks With Pants Music in San Francisco Featuring Renee Padgett on backing vocals arranged by Kevin Seal and recorded at Wally's Hydeout in San Francisco LyricsVERSE 1:
Here comes that feeling that comes with the dusk I am Hector as he’s dragged around the walls of Troy It’s a fate the ice giants can't even escape It’s a fate the ice giants can't even escape Helios is riding away with my joy CHORUS: For my heart has been chained to the sun My heart has been chained to the sun My heart has been chained to the sun My heart has been chained to the sun VERSE 2 It’s not that I am ruing that a day is done Or dreading the onset of evening’s bitter chill The only warmth I crave is your breath and your embrace The only warmth I crave is your breath and your embrace Their absence saps me and puzzles the will CHORUS: For my heart has been chained to the sun My heart has been chained to the sun My heart has been chained to the sun My heart has been chained to the sun BRIDGE 1: Forged by Hephaestus, it’s binding is relentless Not a single link’s fabricated weak Sunny days uplift me, cloudy skies set me drift’n The constant rattle drives me crazy Don’t wanna be play’n host to ancient imprisoned ghosts Does anyone around here possess the key? |
CHORUS:
For my heart has been chained to the sun My heart has been chained to the sun My heart has been chained to the sun My heart has been chained to the sun BRIDGE 2: Can’t stand being inside so I decide to go outside Neighbors walking their dogs barely stop to say “hi” Pretty girl head’n towards me, clearly trying to avoid me I must accept that I’m suspect in her eyes I’m just some maladroit en route to Inspiration Point To marvel at the colors of the sky VERSE 3: Were I to chase the light would time come undone? Like a spinning wheel that’s wound in reverse? Pull the threads of your lace and its pattern is erased Pull the threads of your lace and its pattern is erased Could I outrun this star to which I have been tethered? CHORUS: For my heart has been chained to the sun My heart has been chained to the sun My heart has been chained to the sun My heart has been chained to the sun |
"Chained to the Sun" is the 1st single from an EP called "Mental Maps" .
This is a set of songs I've been working with Kenny Schick of Basement3Productions to help realize — he'd previously worked with me on my EP "Nashville Recordings, Vol.1.” Where as my previous album "Alien from an Alternate Earth" was backed with classic jazz stylings, this its folk rock cousin, with many of the tunes written as contemporaries to that batch. In some ways I consider consider them as volumes I and II of the same project.
This track features Renee Padgett on backing vocals, whose contribution was arranged by Kevin Seal and recorded at Hyde Street Studio C during the session for AfaAE when she also recorded her contribution to "This Infertile Valley."
With references ranging from classical mythology to more contemporary astronomical terms as well as my own local environment (Inspiration Point being a favorite local destination for evening constitutionals), the song is about trying to absorb the heaviness that comes at the end of the day. This version is realized as an uptempo rocker with lead guitar stylings that owe a bit to Kenny and I having a mutual affinity for jazz guitarist Marc Ribot.
This is a set of songs I've been working with Kenny Schick of Basement3Productions to help realize — he'd previously worked with me on my EP "Nashville Recordings, Vol.1.” Where as my previous album "Alien from an Alternate Earth" was backed with classic jazz stylings, this its folk rock cousin, with many of the tunes written as contemporaries to that batch. In some ways I consider consider them as volumes I and II of the same project.
This track features Renee Padgett on backing vocals, whose contribution was arranged by Kevin Seal and recorded at Hyde Street Studio C during the session for AfaAE when she also recorded her contribution to "This Infertile Valley."
With references ranging from classical mythology to more contemporary astronomical terms as well as my own local environment (Inspiration Point being a favorite local destination for evening constitutionals), the song is about trying to absorb the heaviness that comes at the end of the day. This version is realized as an uptempo rocker with lead guitar stylings that owe a bit to Kenny and I having a mutual affinity for jazz guitarist Marc Ribot.