The Sound of Drums
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| Album track by Weezer | |||||
| Album | SZNZ: Spring | ||||
| Released | March 20, 2022 | ||||
| Recorded | 2021-2022 | ||||
| Length | 3:16 | ||||
| Label | Crush Music/Atlantic Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
| Producer(s) | Jake Sinclair, Ethan Gruska, Suzy Shinn | ||||
| Status | Officially released | ||||
| Stream |  Spotify |
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| SZNZ: Spring track listing | |||||
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"The Sound of Drums" is the fifth track from Weezer's 2022 EP, SZNZ: Spring.
Appearances
- SZNZ: Spring (2022)
Overview
"The Sound of Drums" features "Wiccan chants" sourced from poems. The chant "Air I Am" by Andras Corben Arthen[1] is spoken over the song's guitar solo. The song's outro features an excerpt from the poem "Back to the River" by Abigail Spinner McBride.[2][3] The chants were removed during production and reinstated shortly before the album's release.[4]
The album's liner notes, as well as the song's official YouTube upload, mistakenly transcribe the lyric "On the mists of Avalon" as "On the myths of Babylon."
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo — lead vocals, guitar
- Brian Bell — rhythm guitar
- Scott Shriner — bass
- Patrick Wilson — drums
- Ethan Gruska — producer
- Jake Sinclair — producer
- Suzy Shinn — producer
- John Sinclair — mixing
- Bernie Grundman — mastering
Audio
Lyrics
Underneath that pretty shroud
You're too distressed to speak
Weighed down by the sad events
That some call Holy Week
Put your ear to the breeze, my friend
Take heed of the ebb and flow
We'll sing your spirit back to life
With the songs of Ivanhoe (ho-ho-ho)
It's good to see my old friends
Man, it's been so long
Now that we're together
We're gonna sing you a song
Let these steel strings take you home to me
And let yourself be soothed by
The sound of drums
Climb down the stairs and out the door
'Til your feet are on the earth
You'll find us in the meadowland
For better or for worse
We brought the pipes and the mandolin
We beat the old bodhrán
So close your eyes and drift with us
On the mists of Avalon
It's good to see my old friends
Man, it's been so long
Now that we're together
We're gonna sing you a song
Let these steel strings take you home to me
And let yourself be soothed by
The sound of drums
(Air I am)
(Fire I am)
(Water, Earth, and Spirit I Am)
It's good to see my old friends
Man, it's been so long
Now that we're together
We're gonna sing you a song
Let these steel strings take you home to me
And let yourself be soothed by
The sound of drums
Back to the river, back to the sea
Back to the ocean, one with thee
Back to my blood, and back through my veins
Back to my heartbeat, one and the same
See also
References
- ↑ https://frederickcuups.com/chant-library/
- ↑ https://www.vegasvortex.com/chants/
- ↑ "Pagan and Wiccan Songs and Chants." https://spells8.com/pagan-wiccan-songs-and-chants/
- ↑ Rivers Cuomo. Discord. 20 March 2022. Screenshot: File:RC_Sound_of_Drums.jpg
