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Chained to the Sun

from Mental Maps by E.G. Phillips

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"Chained to the Sun" ⛓🌞 is the 1st from an EP called "Mental Maps" which I will start rolling out over the next several months.

This is a set of songs I've been working with Kenny Schick of Basement3Productions to help realize — he'd previously worked with me on my EP "#Nashville Recordings, Vol.1.” Where as "Alien from an Alternate Earth" was jazz infused, this its folk rock cousin, with many of the tunes written as contemporaries to that batch. In some ways I consider them to be volumes I and II of the same project.

This track features Renee Padgett on backing vocals, whose contribution was recorded at Hyde Street Studio C during the sessions for AfaAE.

With references ranging from classical mythology to more contemporary astronomical terms as well as my own local environment (Inspiration Point being a favorite local destination for evening constitutionals), the song is about trying to absorb the heaviness that comes at the end of the day. This version is realized as an uptempo rocker with lead guitar stylings that owe a bit to Kenny and I having a mutual affinity for jazz guitarist Marc Ribot.

The artwork is by Mario M. Noche.

lyrics

VERSE 1:
Here comes that feeling that comes with the dusk
I am Hector as he’s dragged around the walls of Troy
It’s a fate the ice giants can't even escape
It’s a fate the ice giants can't even escape
Helios is riding away with my joy

CHORUS:
For my heart has been chained to the sun
For my heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun

VERSE 2
It’s not that I am ruing that a day is done
Or dreading the onset of evening’s bitter chill
The only warmth I crave is your breath and your embrace
The only warmth I crave is your breath and your embrace
Their absence saps me and puzzles the will

CHORUS:
For my heart has been chained to the sun
For my heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun

BRIDGE 1:
Forged by Hephaestus, it’s binding is relentless
Not a single link’s fabricated weak
Sunny days uplift me, cloudy skies set me drift’n
The constant rattle drives me crazy
Don’t wanna be play’n host to ancient imprisoned ghosts
Does anyone around here possess the key?

CHORUS:
For my heart has been chained to the sun
For my heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun

BRIDGE 2:
Can’t stand being inside so I decide to go outside
Neighbors walking their dogs barely stop to say “hi”
A pretty girl’s head’n towards me, clearly trying to avoid me
I must accept that I’m suspect in her eyes
I’m just some maladroit en route to Inspiration Point
To marvel at the colors of the sky

VERSE 3:
Were I to chase the light would time come undone
Like a spinning wheel that’s wound in reverse
Pull the threads of your lace and its pattern is erased
Pull the threads of your lace and its pattern is erased
Could I outrun the star to which I have been tethered?

CHORUS:
For my heart has been chained to the sun
For my heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun

credits

from Mental Maps, track released June 24, 2022
vocals - E.G. Phillips
backing vocals - Renee Padgett
instruments - Kenny Schick

produced by Basement 3 Productions
backing vocals recorded at Hyde Street Studio C by Chris McGrew and arranged by Kevin Seal

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E.G. Phillips is a San Francisco based songwriter who creates lyric driven songs with his own special blend of whimsy and cinematic imagery which he uses to give a wry take on dealing with the longings of the heart and the madness of existence.

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