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VoiCe oF ReaSoN ボイス・オブ・リーズン
© mr christopher November 5th, 2004


VERSE 1:
Are you looking at me looking at you looking at me?
Are you hoping to find something inside, more piece of mind?

PRE:
You wonder why, wonder why, wonder why, wonder why

CHORUS:
I just want to be your voice of reason
I don't want be your puppeteer
I just want to be your voice of reason
Whispering my words in your ear

VERSE 2:
Well you don't have to fight, turn or take flight to do what is right.
An abundance of light is just out of sight to make all things bright

PRE:
You wonder why, wonder why, wonder why, wonder why

CHORUS:
I just want to be your voice of reason
I don't want be your puppeteer
I just want to be your voice of reason
Whispering my words in your ear

BRIDGE:
You're running a solo race,
Your washing windows in the rain
Blinded to all the love around
I've found a thirsty man can easily drown
All that you seek is right here now.

CHORUS:
I just want to be your voice of reason
I don't want be your puppeteer
I just want to be your voice of reason
Whispering my words into your ear

CHORUS TAG:
I'll be your man with the voice of reason
but I will never be your puppeteer
I'll be your man in any season
Whispering my words into your ear


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09) VoiCe oF ReaSoN ボイス・オブ・リーズン
© mr christopher November 5th, 2004

Ironically, the first song from the first session recorded for this rather optimistic album came from a rather dark place. The OBViOUS had taken a nearly 2 year break following their previous release, "...obliVious...".  The years had been very hard years for many reasons including deaths, relational breakups, and recently destructive hurricanes. However, the darker over-tones produced on this track, contrast nicely with more 'pop' songs on this album. Interestingly enough, also recorded this day was "All Day and All Of The Night" (the Kinks cover) released as a bonus track on the 2005 "The OBViOUS Best" album, and the original,


discarded, "slow version" of Mont Saint Michel" (re-arranged and re-reecorded the following year). This session also marked the first time the band recorded using a portable recording system for a non-live recording (in this case a BOSS 16 track machine), later to be dumped into PRO TOOLS and finished back in Tokyo. The lyrics portray how the perception of someone 'offering help' versus someone trying to 'take control' can be confused. Even the "best of intentions" can be misunderstood. The two sides of the mountain, a state of caution versus having an open mind, can be very slippery slopes indeed. It's good to know who's voice we can trust.
 
"I don't want to be your puppeteer, I just want to be your voice of reason... whispering my words in your ear."

 
Recorded December 19, 2004.

09) VoiCe oF ReaSoN ボイス・オブ・リーズン
© mr christopher November 5th, 2004

このアルバムはかなり前向きで明るいものですが、皮肉なことに、最初のセッションで一番初めに録音されたこの曲は、ずいぶん暗い状況から生まれました。The OBViOUSは、前作"...obliVious..."からほぼ2年間、活動を休止していました。その間、死別、破局、破壊的なハリケーンなどを経験し、色々な意味で大変な時期だったのです。ですが、この曲のシリアスで暗い感じが、アルバムの中のより「ポップ」な曲をうまく引き立てている思います。同じ日に明るめの2曲、「オール・デイ・アンド・オール・オブ・ザ・ナイト」(the Kinksのカバー曲)、これは後に2005年のアルバム"The OBViOUS Best"のボーナストラックで使用、また、採用しなかった「モン・サン・ミッシェル」のスロー・バージョン

(これは翌年に再アレンジ、再レコーディング)を録音したのも興味深いですね。また、このセッションは、初めて非ライブ・レコーディング用の携帯レコーディングシステム(ここでは、Bossの16トラック・マシーン)で録音した記念すべきセッションです。録音したものは、後でPRO TOOLSに移し替えて、東京に戻って完成させました。この曲の歌詞は、「人助けをしよう」とする人と「人を支配しよう」とする人の感覚が、いかにあいまいかを表現しています。善意でさえ誤解して解釈されることってありますよね。相反するような状態、「警戒心を持つこと」と「偏見を持たないこと」でも、結局それぞれが最悪の状況をもたらす可能性があります。誰であれば信用できるのかを知ることは大切ですよね。 

"I don't want to be your puppeteer, I just want to be your voice of reason... whispering my words in your ear."
「あなたを操りたいわけじゃない。ただ、あなたの理性の声になりたいだけ。・・・わたしの言葉をあなたに吹き込んで。」
 
2004年12月19日録音。

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