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Deceiver

from Use Your Words by Wishnefsky

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Deceiver had been rotting away in the waste bin of obscurity when my lovely daughter Sophie resurrected it with her wonderfully performed vocals. Her part inspired me to surgically remove all that bugged me about the former version and replace it with new elements that elevated the song to new heights.

Deceiver previously featured long samples of a Budapest metro station. The samples provided an exotic aural underpinning, but, unfortunately, the song didn't leave the station with the trains and it wasn't all that interesting to listen to. After Sophie breathed life back into the song, I took out most of the train station samples and only one remains – barely perceptible - in the section between the first chorus and second verse. I added the ethereal synth pad and distorted sequenced synth patch. I changed the sound of literally everything else – drums, bass, synths, guitars, and vocals.

The lyric asks not who is the one doing the deceiving, but, rather, who is the one being deceived. The answers to both questions are not necessarily different.

lyrics

DECEIVER

(Don’t believe a word I say)

Sailing over Lake Psychosis
Where the fish are so ferocious
Looking for my Mesalina
Jezebel, you’ve must have seen her
Oh my God, you’re so indecent
Little too late or too recent
Waiting in anticipation
Waiting for some fornication

Tune in your receiver
Time to tighten the grip
I am the Deceiver
Let me give you a tip
Don’t believe a word I say

(Don’t believe a word I say)

Look at me I’m in the bubble
Heading down the road to trouble
Sensual and very racy
Nothing here could ever faze me
Call the guards and sound the trumpets
Send in all the sluts and strumpets
Looking for my lustful floozy
Floating in the jacuzzi

Someone get me the cleaver
I need something to hack
I am the Deceiver
Better not turn your back
Don’t believe a word I say

Are you a believer?
Time to give it a rip
I am the Deceiver
Let me give you the slip
Don’t believe a word I say

(Don’t believe a word I say)

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from Use Your Words, released October 29, 2007

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Wishnefsky Los Angeles

Wishnefsky led the 90s alternative band Jabberwock. His solo work heads in a more electronic based direction - still with thought provoking lyrics, inventive arrangements, and passionate performances. Check out Wishnefsky's other projects: Brahms' Third Racket and Veneer. ... more

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