Tom ModyJeffrey Jeff Harris

Archivon - Live das Boot
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Archivon
Live das Boot
1993

...NO SHADOW
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No Shadow
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Music: Hensley/Mody, Words: Mody

Time and place and space rearranged, I'm existing out of phase. People look and speak to me unaware of my imagery. Atoms floating yet contained in form, illusions that I'm whole and warm. Magnetic fields binding me, born without a symmetry. I can read one's beauty from silhouettes passing bye. A skill I've learned in jealousy with love's unrealized.

No one knows I've lived a thousand years. No one notices I cast no shadow. That just goes to show we judge a book by it's own cover. Never listening to the words, never seeing what's in the man.

Unexplained phenomenon or alternate dimensions, only walls seem to detect my biological infractions, Once you've lived a thousand years anonymous to spare their fears. You come to find that man can be oblivious to others needs. Even my loneliness surpasses physical law. I must be emanating subliminal withdrawal.

The excerpts from this diary one hundred years ago, were written in ageless poetry and sung with haunting melody. These last lines were written before he faded and died. And as I read them profoundly, one soul for him did cry. "Some people reach for the light, but not I... for it passes right through me. Light only let's us see, and it's bound to make us blind."


The studio version is from Harbinger "the Inveitable". This is one of our more universally liked songs and the tempo is a bit fast live- but what isn't? I played lead guitar (annoying tone) and then had to quickly switch to keyboards at the end over Todd's cool airy progression. During the few occassins Todd wasn't at rehearsals I would play that clean guitar progression. I'm glad I didn't have to play it live. It's not overly difficult but easy to screw up which I probably did every time.

I enjoy this masterpiece every time we perform it and every time I hear it. This song style compliments Tom & Todd as a writing team. In a live setting, this song just flows. The harmony guitars just inspire me & tend to bring out the best in my vocals. Billy does a very nice job with the vocal harmonies live. Toward the end, he does a nice job with the bass lines holding the backbone down with Brian. Brian does well in controlling himself to hold back on cramming as much as possible in. He adds a great deal of diversity to the end section of the song. I believe there were some difficult parts at the end of the song for Todd and Tom but we most generally delivered. I really like the subtle keys over the diverse clean guitar in the end section. Depending on which liner notes you are reviewing first, there is more to be reviewed on this song in the Harbinger CD liner notes.



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