some of you may have heard this before, either this particular recorded version or live with a band.  this version is the only one where i play a synth solo.  when done live, i either forgo it or ask someone else to solo (sax, guitar, whatev) since i have to keep playing the piano parts underneath.

it seemed like a good time to post this.  it's different than the body of work that i have posted here on my myspace page.  it still seems like such a new song to me, but i forget that i actually wrote this toward the end of 2006.  i recorded this with my friend eric vincent of studio curve dominant in april 2007.

'butterfly nets' also marked the beginning of a new musical branch that i've since decided to follow from time to time.  well, it's not really new--i suppose i've just decided to return to it every now and then.

at live shows, i like to refer to this song as the most upbeat-sounding song about depression you're likely to hear. 

it is semi-autobiographical.

(for my non-u.s., non-u.k. friends, a bit of reference for you: you don't hear it as much these days, but at least among older generations, there is a saying that if you were crazy, mentally deficient, or just considered to be of "feeble mind," the men in white coats would come and take you away with butterfly nets--basically, to put you in a mental asylum or institution.  for a pictorial representation, click here and scroll down to picture #2, entitled "to catch a feeb." when i performed this in switzerland, i was told that the analogous situation there was the "yellow car." or was it "yellow truck"?)

(all keyboards and vocals: anam; guitar, bass, drum programming, production: eric.)

lyrics are provided below for your ease and enjoyment.

peace and love to you all, friends.

-- a

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