"Mansion on the Moon" was written in the Summer of 2003 at a time when I was listening to a lot of Hank Williams. He had a song called "The Mansion on the Hill" that was rather spooky. Every time I heard that song whenever he'd sing "mansion on the hill" I heard in my mind, "mansion on the moon." No idea why.

But the idea was so novel to me that I wrote a song around that title. This was a time when I was feeling very much like a failure, and turning inward for comfort and wanting isolation.

It's sad on the verses, angry on the choruses, and desperate on the bridge. In short, just about all anybody could ask for in a song, when they're feeling down. I felt a lot better after I wrote it.

There's a kind of acceptance of past misfortunes and mistakes, and a "let go/let god" kind of philosophy here and there. It almost reads a bit suicidal, but for the "..as soon as someone upstairs okays it..." which seems more like "I'll die when it's my destined time."

The "Mansion on the Moon" referred to seems to be a kind of empty Heaven, perhaps where material wealth is abundant due to its remoteness, a place above for losers to enjoy what the winners below have.

Builds nicely, production-wise, starting with just a voice and a bass til it's a full band. That's something I do a lot now, but that was probably the first time I thought of doing it, oddly enough. Otherwise, I tend to get the instruments going all at once and keep 'em going.