The World of Hastang

This is part 2 of an 11-part series. Guile takes a whimsical journey down memory lane, retracing the bumpy pseudo-pathways that led to the final version of Hastang’s current tracks.

• We had done our homework — we were content with the arrangements for the verse and chorus parts — but somehow, the transition between second chorus to bridge just feels off (courtesy of a descending chord progression that I basically ripped off from Kim Thayil). Just barely a fortnight since joining the band, Gaw comes to the rescue with a Morello riff that’s just, absolutely, perfect. In fact, we liked it so much that we also put it in the coda.
• Trivia: This song was originally titled “So Hard, So Deep”.

Deep Descent
Lyrics by Tessa Manto
Music & Arrangement by Hastang

When we met,
I hated your very sight.
You were incapable of love,
Obnoxious and proud,
You didn’t give a damn.

As time passed
I saw something
That made me look again
And made me realize
that I was wrong
I misjudged you

Oh …

Slowly,
Can’t you see I’m falling
Every time I see your shadow
Deep inside, my heart is melting
Don’t fall so deep
I was falling

You were trying hard
to push me away
I’m falling fast
And I’m aching
So hard, so deep

Now you’re here
You’re here with me
And I can’t believe
How good you make me feel
And now I find myself
Wanting more of you

Holding me
Kissing me
And caressing me
Making me do things
I never would
I never thought
We’d come this far

Oh …

I think that this should end
I think that we should never be together again
I don’t want to deny what I feel inside
But it’s wrong
So wrong to want you.

Everyday, I tell myself
That there’s no way for us to go on

Everyday, I tell myself
Don’t fall too deep
I was falling

You were trying hard
to push me away
I’m falling fast
And I’m aching

So hard, so deep

So deep

So deep

guile loves his girlfriend, adores (er, adored) Michael Jackson, and wants "to be complete". When he's not playing bass for Hastang, he creates thingamajigs for icomm and writes gibberish in his not-so-secret diary.
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