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Well of Secrets

from Black & Orange by vonHummer

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"Well of Secrets" is a nice allegory. And "allegory" is nice word for masquerade. Anybody who's had to anything major to hide can probably relate to the idea that the life they're ashamed of is still lurking deep in their minds. Worse yet, that secret life may keep growing and eventually become visible as it warps and swells up below the normal life going on above.

Great spooky chord progression here. Very Tull, again, especially with the echo on the vocal. I think I wrote the lyrics in my own secret year of 200X when I was living a double life myself. The tune was composed (!) in mid September of 2010.

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"Well of Secrets" [vonHummer]

Crawl on your hands and knees/barely wide enough for one/spiders scuttle along/to watch the fun/it’s claustrophobic as hell/the way to the Well/of Secrets…/

Damn near impossible for anyone to find/you’ve got yours and I’ve got mine/ we alone can enter/nothing can escape/we hope/but with enough rope/we lower ourselves/to the Well of Secrets…/

Skeletons stand guard, hard to see til eyes adjust, everything well maintained fairly free of dust, wonders, blunders to tell no one in the Well of Secrets…

Damn near capacity but still some room/partly preserve and partly tomb/too much more and the upstairs floor/or the ground/surrounding will warp/and suspiciously swell/pregnant/with our Well/of Secrets…/

Wish we could tear up the lease/or sell it to someone/resolve once and for all/to stay in sun/but deals with angels/just before they fell/bind us to the Well/of Secrets…

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from Black & Orange, released October 6, 2010
Vocals: vonHummer
Bass: vonHummer
Drums: vonHummer

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vonHummer Portland, Oregon

vonHummer is a Portland music/cable access legend whose career spanned from Fall of 2001 to Fall of 2011, during which he recorded a hundred or so songs for use in his absurdist show (and feature film) and played only a handful of concerts. Currently retired, his work shines on for the ages. Or will he someday return...? ... more

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