Christopher Blog

19) Where We Rest (6:21)

Been available several times since 1999

And here we are, the final song of `Orchid.’ The big payoff, so to speak. Everything leads up to this one final song.

It’s a personal favourite of mine. I’ve played it live several times throughout the years. Released it a few times over the years. The lyrics are self-explanatory. It’s devoid of the pomposity and ambition that belies the other songs.

Fun fact: This song was written first alongside `Entranced 1.0.’

Funner fact: This unintentional formula has been an ongoing thing (writing the first song and the last song at the same time) up to `Smoke and Origination.’

Memories:

I remember being in just my underwear while the drum loop played over and over again one gray morning. I sang out the words in the Orchid melody and it hasn’t changed since. I wonder if I ever put pants on that day.

I think I was really into the Ibiza `slow beats.’ I heard one around that time and thought I could do something with it.

Original `Where We Rest’ Version:

This is the original 4 track version. It has an extended outro which I wasn’t thrilled with. Aside from that, they’re fairly similar. I think the `final version’ that I have released throughout the years has better production and vocal performance.

In Closing

Well, my beauties, I hope you enjoyed the trip down my memory lane. It was a very critical look at a piece of music that at times has been mythologized and distorted over time. Perhaps I was very harsh on `Orchid.’ Perhaps I wasn’t harsh enough for some you out there with even more cynical leanings than I.

Either way, I am relieved that this thing is over, though it was an interesting experiment. It yanked out some rather ridiculous memories and it took too much time away from actually writing new material.

Tomorrow the whole album will be up to stream as one continual piece. So you can hear it seamlessly as it was meant to be heard.

Then the physical 2 CD set will be made available shortly thereafter. I have to wait on CDBaby to do the administrative set up. There will only be a few hard copies made. It will be available as an mp3 download as well.