This version of Loom has a new chorus section with more lyrics that describes more of the lore behind the story. I came up with it after I had already released the original version of loom and started performing it live. I liked it so much I decided to re-release the song with the new section. So this is sort of a "special extended edition" version of Loom.
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There was a time when I still had my young mind
And I'd fly to the moon on a balloon​
There was a town where lived an ancient sad clown
She would spin out a tomb on an old loom​
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Each Halloween we'd climb the old staircase to hear
Who she named
We'd see yarn spin above us and weave out a story
Of how life would end but it'd leave out the gory details
We could only surmise
Then the mason would carve out the name on a tombstone
Along with the birth and death dates of the life we had seen
Come to early demise
The clown would then sing the loom's prophecy in a short song
She was never wrong
What looms ahead where are we going
What's it mean is it worth knowing
What looms ahead where are we going
What's it mean is it worth knowing now
One man was named
He saw the date he'd be maimed
It was two years away He wasn't yet gray​
The more that he tried
To avoid the dread death prophesied
Only ensured his fate
Would fall on that day
Each day we'd climb the old staircase to see who she named
Etched in stone
Date they were born
Date they would die
She was never wrong
James Murray - guitars, keyboards, vocals
Christina Sudol - Vocals
Bryant Wright - Vocals
Gwendolyn Posner - Flute
Bongo John - Percussion and mixing
Written and Produced by James Murray
And they crushed me
they crushed me down to clay
knowing where I've been before
but not knowing where I am going
A poor man who is on the rise is happier
then a wealthy man who's falling in decline
it's not where you are, it's where you're going
maybe all these fears are in my mind
I need to take some time
to absorb what others have to say
before I'm ready to speak my mind
Have you seen the mountains rise before you
have you seen them rise up to the sky
Oh I've seen them, I've seen them rise
Glad to see them before I day
Enough of the distractions, I need to do it now
before it's too late to speak my mind
Have you heard the oceans roar before you
have you felt the flow as you swim by
oh I've heard it, I've heard it roar
glad to feel the flow before I die
I need to take some time to absorb what others have to say
before I'm ready to speak my mind
Enough of the distractions, I need to do it now
before it's too late to speak my mind
And they crushed me
they crushed me down to clay
knowing where I've been before
but not knowing where I am going
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James Murray - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards & Cornets
Bongo John - Drums & Percussion
Mixed and Mastered by Bongo John
Produced by James Murray and Bongo John
I'm sorry that I told you I love you
I'm sorry that I told you I care
I raised you up miles above me
And now I know I'll never get there
Back to my room
Back to my games
Back to my books
Back to my shell
Life's so easy when we don't even try
But we make it so hard and I never know why
Today I took a ride to my old school
To see where it all went wrong
I'm wasting my time there are no answers
So I sit down and write a new song
Back to my room
Back to my games
Back to my books
Back to my shell
Life's so easy when we don't even try
But we make it so hard and I never know why
I regret all the time that I wasted
Trying to get through everything fast
I wish I took more time to get to know you
Maybe we'd have something that lasts
Back to my room
Back to my games
Back to my books
Back to my shell
Life's so easy when we don't even try
But we make it so hard and I never know why
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James Murray - Vocals, guitar, bass and keyboards
Bongo John - Percussion and keyboards
Written and Produced by James Murray
Mixed by Bongo John
There was a time
When I still had my young mind
And I'd fly to the moon
on a balloon
​
There was a town
Where lived an ancient sad clown
She would spin out a tomb
On an old loom
​
Each day we'd climb the old staircase to see who she named
Etched in stone
Date they were born Date they would die
She was never wrong
​
One man was named
He saw the date he'd be maimed
It was two years away He wasn't yet gray
​
The more that he tried
To avoid the dread death prophesied
Only ensured his fate
Would fall on that day
James Murray - guitars, keyboards, vocals
Christina Sudol - Vocals
Bryant Wright - Vocals
Gwendolyn Posner - Flute
Bongo John - Percussion and mixing
Written and Produced by James Murray
For 2000 years an ancient prophecy has been etched on the stone pillar outside the castle wall:
"Once every century Drakus will fly burning lands of the mortals he’s always despised. But the 20th time will be his last when magic and dragons vanish into the past. Mounted riders on high tear him down to his doom and a new age of mortals and reason will boom. But science creates its own kind of dragon. So remember past heroes while raising your flagon."