Run Faster [Song Fight Mix] (fluffy porcupine)
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In December 2004 I was working for Ubisoft. We had just released Sprung, after a long period of permacrunch, and I was tired. And it was time for my winter vacation, which the producer nearly canceled on me because HR had lost my vacation request form that I’d submitted a month earlier.
Before my trip I recorded this song for Song Fight! using GarageBand on my 12" PowerBook G4, my Fender Squier (which did double duty as a fake bass), and the shitty microphone I had at the time.
I had a very long journey with multiple connections and long layovers to get to my parents’ house in New Mexico, so since I had my laptop with me, I decided to do a few remixes along the way.
The Song Fight! reviews were surprisingly kind, and also it’s kind of funny to see just how active the review threads were back then. (Seven pages! Amazing.)
This is the first song I’d produced in this manner (and this was the last song I ever recorded under the name “fluffy porcupine”) and I’d like to think it was something of a turning point. Maybe that’s why I keep revisiting this song, particularly as the first track as my first album as Sockpuppet.
Lyrics
I’m giving it my all But I’m heading for a fall When all that I can do Is run faster
For something less than I am worth As I tumble down to Earth But all that I can do Is run faster
Please listen to the way I feel I need to get some more time to heal My lungs are getting ready to explode I can’t run any faster
I get the feeling I should leave It’s getting harder to believe You don’t know what it is I’m going through I’m running faster
How can you tell me what to do If I am dead I will not see things through What you want isn’t easy done or said I’d like to see you run faster
I’m giving you my all But I’m ready for a fall It’s all that you let me do To run faster