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Easier Living (The Cactus Song)

by Paul Bäcklin

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Recorded in Element Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Live take first with Paul, Johan and Adrian, and then added the bass.

Electric Guitar: Johan Weber
Upright Bass: Viktor Turegård
Clarinettes: Adrian Åsling Sellius
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals & Percussion: Paul Bäcklin

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This here snow ain’t made of ice.
Neither is it cold.
It’s cracking, and it's shining,
but the color is of gold.

They have one more thing in common.
I can’t tell you what it is.
I guess we’ll keep on wandering,
’cause there ain’t no time for this.

Easier livin’.
That’s what the italian promised me.
Easier livin’.
Like a pillow on a cushion ’neath a tree.

Is it hiding, have we missed it,
is there more than one to find?
It’s been watching me for ages
although plants ought to be blind.

Where are you, little cactus?
Not all flowers are fair.
Green and studded punk-rocker
with bright red mohawk hair.

Easier livin’.
That’s what the italian promised me
Easier livin’.
Like a pillow on a cushion ’neath a tree.

I’ll pick you up and brush you off,
and let you guide the way.
You use the sand as the lid of clam
to sneak a peek of me.
I wish you would stop moving.
The dunes ahead are steep.

Easier livin’.
That’s what the italian promised me.
Easier livin’.
Like a pillow on a cushion ’neath a tree.

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released February 10, 2021
Paul Bäcklin

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“Something to Die to” has a certain brightness to it. Not a pleasant bright, like a sunny day or the glitter on a lake touched by a breeze.  More like the light in “light-headed”. A dizzy, grainy light with a high pitched sinus tone to match it, ringing in your ears while all other sounds move back into the distance. The type of light you might expect to see when being on the verge of passing out. ... more

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