Without The Sun  4:46


Here's a brief departure from reggae, revealing a sad side of our hero's struggle.
 
As is says in the Octaman biography, "Super heroes must battle their own dark side".  This is a song reflecting those times.  Most can relate to the feeling of hopelessness on occasion, but not all have the anti-dote.   As always in the music of Octaman, even the darkest clouds have their silver linings.  By the end we know the cure. 
 
And at the end of the following lyrics there is a special invitation to read a story about the guitar used in recording it.
The following quote is from a special October memorial
dedicated to a very special lady who lost her battle with diabetes.  
You are invited to read it in it's entirety at the link below:

 "I recorded 'Without the Sun'" with that guitar.  I wrote it in the dark when the lines came to me in the middle of a troubled night's sleep when I was overdrawn at the bank.  I'd scribble one line in the dark, and then put the pad down and try to sleep, then another line would come. So I'd scribble another line in the pitch blackness somewhere lower on the page so as not to overlap.  By the time the first verse was finished I realized that the title of the song was "Without the Sun" - so I made sure as I continued to write the rest of it that I never turned on the lights, just to give it the added meaning.

"I haven't got two measly bucks, I'm broke...Life sucks, 'cause I choke...There aren't two birds of a feather in my flock...I'm not a geek, I'm not a jock..."  I think she would have related to some of the song.   Although we were opposites in many ways, me wearing bright colors, into the Bible and and reggae music, while she wore black, loved Halloween and dark music, yet we were kindred spirits in other ways, in our humor and in our brokenness, even before both of our spouses deserted us.  I recorded the song in one take, on one track, with virtually no overdubs.  I'm sorry she never got to hear it."
Those who knew Rose have been touched by her story. I hope, perhaps, you will be too.


Yours,

Octaman
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