Chuck Charles "Deja Vu"

from the album: Hiya (2020)

NOTHING FOUND!




Lyrics


Someday I might wake up dead
Take note of what’s in my head
See if I can see what it’s about

Wake up / Drive east to work, get blinded
Again driving home west at nighttime
It’s funny how some things just don’t work out

Could this be a deja vu
Tell me that you feel it too
Forgetting things that haven’t happened yet
There’s no way that could be true
You can’t remember something new
Or reminisce with people you ain’t met

I’ll bet you that you’ll win this bet
Stop and think that don’t make sense
A lie can sometimes have some truth as well

So many things I don’t believe in
Angels here or us in Heaven
But rest assured I still believe in Hell

Could this be a deja vu
Tell me that you feel it too
Forgetting things that haven’t happened yet
There’s no way that could be true
You can’t remember something new
Or reminisce with people you ain’t met





Personnel


Charlie Recksieck: bass, acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Spud Davenport: percussion, vocals
Andy Machin: slide guitar
Sierra West: vocals


Story Behind The Song

I had this wacky, clyclical chord progression for a year or so and never really thought of it as a viable song, at least at the time I recorded this album. But I went ahead and recorded it. Didn't have full drums on it, but my buddy Spud was in the studio that day with me and we wanted to have him add some percussion to this while I was figuring it out. We wanted to get creative with what instrument he recorded percussion on; we ended up with putting a mic really close to a wooden stool and had Spud tap out the rhythm on the stool. Loved it.

Meanwhile, during the session of Spud recording the stool, I was literally in the control room writing the lyrics, probably took about 40 minutes. Since college, I always liked the expression "reminiscing with people he hadn't met" so I wrote the words around that. Just four little paradoxes to make up the verses and voila ... a song. Spud and Sierra's harmonies sounded so good at the end, it pushed us to loop the song even longer at the end.

- Charlie Recksieck