All we can do for you now you're gone, is just keep on playing your favourite song...

Introversion - track by track.

Maiden Voyage -

One of the few collaborations between JK and drummer Matt Kerr, this song was largely autobiographical and behind a thin allegory of adventure on the seven seas lies the journey of the band itself. This record was made just before the Church's Priest=Aura and echoes of this rollicking chorus can be heard in the chanting on "The Disillusionist". Jeremy adds some nice mandolin which he worked out how to play on the night.

Sample Lyric:

"And though contracts are all in accord, We're hoping we haven't been tricked, We know a few men were washed overboard But the rest of the crew is hand-picked. And I wouldn't be surprised if not one of our posters was seen, On our Maiden Voyage."

Innocent Few -

A popular song live which never quite got into a successful groove for the recording. The song was mainly written by Jeremy then picked up and sang by JK. Contains some nice 'to and fro' vocals in the chorus.

Sample Lyric:

"The stage was set, and such events are seldom seen, A thousand eyes met, with nothing in between, them."

I Can Plainly See -

The fourth recorded version of this song although chronologically the third. After the demo version was heard by SK he decided to produce a recording of this song which the band enjoyed but were never really happy with. This version is more like the live version and is probably the definitive version. Contains some wonderful yodeling type vocals and e-bow guitar. This song was written in rehearsal by the band.

Sample Lyric:

"I'm glad to see, you haven't torn each other apart, While I was gone, I'm sorry that I took so long, I was relaxing in the next room...."

Assassin -

One of the album highlights and probably one of the most mature songs on offer here. This is the Bhagavad's at their best. Written in rehearsal, mainly around Adrian's bass line, the lyrics were only recorded as they were sung. Probably some inter-band paranoia was coming out in this, although the finished lyrics seem mostly elusive.

Sample Lyric :

"How was I to know, You'd keep pounding away like the waves on the shore? How was I to know, I mentioned your name as you walked through the door? Well that's fine by me it's my fate you see, I have always been this way."

And Then She is Gone -

A taste of JK's songwriting to come on the Penny Drops, this song, based on a dream, has an intricate arrangement which uses the guitars like a string quartet. Specifically in the solo where Jeremy's harmonic plucking acts as counterpoint to the bass. With its unusual time signature and involving lyrics this is also an album highlight.

Sample Lyric: "Do you know what she said before she left? Do you know what she said? (This takes the cake) She said "However far our bonds may stretch, You know that they will never break."

No News -

Adrian's contribution. The playing order of this album was designed as an inverted arch, this song, half way through the CD, is the inverted apex of that arch. Slow and melancholy, No News offers a moment of dreamy respite from... all the other dreamy respites on the album. Perfectly suited to Adrian's deep and unique voice.

Sample Lyric: " And the words swirl around her head, Get your feet on the ground she said, The news was not news instead, There was no news, at all."

Just the Thing -

As with the Innocent Few this song never settled into the groove it did in a live setting. Perhaps it is the sudden changes in timing, perhaps not. Jeremy offers a tale which seems sexual or perhaps spiritual. Has an excellent middle eight which contains various cut up tape loops and so on.

Sample Lyric: - "Don't ask, just believe, Well I had to agree, Don't you worry about anything, And leave it all up to me, She's got, just the thing."

For Your Own Good -

Another strong song named after a book by Alice Miller, which has some of the sweetest vocals on the CD. The first line is borrowed from Lewis Carroll's opening poem to "Through the Looking Glass". Takes fifties guitar arpeggios and turns them on their ears. Beautiful.

Sample Lyric: "Child of pure unclouded brow and dreaming eyes of wonder, I don't want to cause you despair, I don't want to bore you either..."

There's Still Hope For Us -

One of the four songs redone on "Hypnotised" this more gentle version, captures the feeling nicely. This is another great song which remains vital today and should be sung loudly by every drunk guy to his girlfriend.

Sample Lyric: "Behind the shining gardens of our wintry palace, I stand here every morning with my head in my hands, And closing down upon the dawn, I cross a field or two and hope to be with you."

Leaving Early -

Another high point. Jeremy finishes off both the album and the story he began on their first record, "Foreverglades" with this song which manages to be emotive without being sentimental. Excellent lyrics, powerful performance.

Sample Lyric: " So all we can do for you now that you're gone, Is just keep on playing your favourite song, We'll try not to cry as we've all done before, It won't be the same, won't be the same, Without you in the game, anymore."

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