July 18, 2011

• Thick As Thieves (Cover)

  I’ve been wanting to do this song all week. It has a certain sincerity to it that I gravitate toward, like many other Dashboard songs. It actually does hold significance relevance in my life, especially now. I decided to go for a different feel with a piano instead of the scrubbing strum of Chris Carrabba’s usual guitar part. It took me a long time to mix this one, and it sounds much better in MP3 form in an audio player with a good EQ than soundcloud (I guess there is a small drop in quality after all).

  The song itself is rather deceptively difficult to play and sing with piano. The phrasing gets clever and tricky.

   

   

  Thick As Thieves by Dashboard Confessional, covered by me

  Would it kill you to breath easy?
  Only seventeen miles lay between you and me
  I could make it if I had to
  I don’t break easily
  You’ve got my counsel thick as thieves
  If there’s a crime, we’ll keep it secret
  For there’s only trace amounts left in your blood

  You may be a sinner, but you may be justified

  Just keep your mouth shut
  Keep your guard up
  I swear I’ll make it right

  Will it kill me to breath?
  Not as easy as you think it is
  Between you and me
  I could fake it if I have to
  I don’t break easily
  I need your counsel thick as thieves
  I have no crime to keep a secret
  It was hers, it was not mine

  Well I may be a sinner, but it wasn’t me this time

  Just keep your mouth shut
  Keep your guard up
  I swear I’ll make it right

  Well listen to yourself
  There is a hemorrhage in your mouth
  It won’t stop bleeding!

  Well, you may be the sinner
  I will hold the smoking gun
  (You’ll) get away clean
  I’ll keep your secrets
  Till the grave has swallowed me
  And I will never tell a tortured soul
  That are burning by my side
  That I am a sinner, I am a savior, I am alive

  So keep your mouth shut
  Keep your guard up
  I swear I’ll make it right

   

  @SecretNeverTold, who (occasionally? ) shares my almost excessive enjoyment of Dashboard, came to mind while I was mixing this cover.

  Have a nice day, everyone!

  -b.

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