AROUND THE SUN: ELECTRON BLUE

   Michael would preface the live version this song with its premise, in the future there's a drug made of light. I can only assume it will be blue in color. So many of his lyrics truly capture the feeling of the narrative, but I have to put 'tomorrow's gaining speed on you, it's all you want to do' up there for what it's like to be on drugs. The feeling that you're wasting time, but it's the best feeling. He claims this is his favorite song off the album and from the live version below you can tell he's feeling it. There are some clunky lyrics here: 'You found the climb' is understandable, but it's over the line more than 'never my proud.' When the narrator starts pointing out the other character 'her' there's a shifting responsibility that's understandable, but the sentiment seems to come from nowhere--out of the blue if you will. It's what creates another layer in the world of the song, but lyrically it might be too far of a leap without more context. If, say, this is an advertisement for said drug--bingo, bango, I get it--it would be like an infomercial, but our clues as usual are scanty. I'm certain Michael has built this world inside his mind, but sometimes (okay, mostly) we're not privy to that world. He has stated that he thinks he writes straightforward lyrics everyone will understand, but when people are confused he is also confounded because he thought it was so simple. He definitely has an askew view, but maybe he needs to let us in more, yeah? Also, shout out to the drums and keys on this one, this is a track where the REVEAL band and the band they are becoming meet in a nice place.



ELECTRON BLUE

You're on your ear

The ocean's near

The light has started to fade
Your high is timed
You found the climb
It's hard to focus on more than what's in

Front of you

Electron blue
Adventure rings with a page and when it
Dawns on you

It singes blue
Your buzz beginning to wane

Adventure has laid its claim on you it's

All you want to do
You

You know where to run
You run electron blue

And who am I?
I'm just a guy
I've got a story like everyone but
In your eyes
You look surprised and didn't know where to run
I look to her she's found the cure her future's already begun

Tomorrow’s gaining speed on you
It's all you want to do
You

You know where to run

You run electron blue
You

You know where to run

You run electron blue

So bide your time
You'll feel the climb
Your high it builds like a lightning storm it

Sings like pearls
You know that girl
And no one is any the wiser so as
If on cue
Electron blue

Tomorrow’s gaining speed on you
It's all you want to do
You

You know where to run

You run electron blue
You

You know where to run

You run electron blue
You

You know where to run

You run electron blue

   Here's another E-Bow heavy riff which sounds great, but if you don't have that E-Bow I've added suggestions below. The song is easy chord-wise, but I've added some other keyboard googas, including the intro 'laser' notes. Nothing's better than coming in strong on this chorus. A note on the Bridge to Verse, etc ... don't overthink it, it's a power F chord while the keyboards doodle. In addition, the 'acoustic strum' really hews mostly to the middle of the fretboard, think '7 Chinese Bros.'

Intro

e|---0--0--0--------------------|

B|-12-12-12-12-7-10-7-10-7-5-6--|

G|---------------------------5--|

D|------------------------------|

A|------------------------------|

E|------------------------------|

Bridge to Verse/ Middle 8/ End

e|-0--|-----|-----|

B|-6--|-----|-----|

G|-5--|-----|-----|

D|----|--3--|-----|

A|----|--x--|-----|

E|----|--1--|--1--|

Verse (E-Bow)

e|------------------|

B|------------------|

G|------------------|

D|------------------|

A|------------------|

E|-8---3<1---6>8----|

Verse (Acoustic Open Strum)

e|------------------|

B|------------------|

G|-5---0----3-5-----|

D|------3-----------|

A|------------------|

E|------------------|

Chorus

e|-1---1----0---0----0---0----3---3----|

B|-3-3--3-3-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-2-3-3--3-3-|

G|-2--2--2--0-----0--2--2--2--0--0--0--|

D|-0--------2--2-----2--------0--------|

A|----------3--------0--------2--------|

E|----------0--------0--------3--------|