Blame (2024 Version)

Robert James

This one was originally written for the Record Every Month challenge last year. June 2023, I think. I liked it immediately and wanted to see if I could improve on it. I think I did, though marginally so. Even after spending a few months tinkering with it and re-recording it, I still kinda like it. That’s saying a lot.

The rhythm guitars are my Les Paul Custom into an Earthquaker Devices The Depths into a Klon KTR into a Seymour Duncan Vapor Trails into both a Fender Bassbreaker 15 and a Vox MV50 Clean, both of which were running direct into the audio interface into my MacBook Pro. The leads are my ES-335 Pro into a Real McCoy Customs RMC10 into a Wren and Cuff Tall Font Russian into a Klon KTR into a Fender Deluxe Reverb.

Verse
Never know for sure
never touch the floor
never close the door
Never hope for more

Chorus
forsake forsake forsake the flame
accept accept accept the blame
forget forget forget your name
It’s always been this way