January 18 - Going To Japan

A frantic and uncertain start to a sing that grows into its confidence even as the whirlwind of ifs lyrics grows in speed. This is a sketch, but it's a sketch that feels like it covers ground that later John would either move away from or come back to from unexpected directions. The musical experimental of its chaotic finale would come back by other roots, but the way the guitar is used is significantly more overtly folky than the punk-folk-but-really-more-punk space that John has sat within until now.

This is a song of growth and change and trying new things even when the familiar is good. The narrator is excited about his one way ticket but even in a landscape of nothing much he's holding on to the things that are or were worth something.

There's nothing growing, but this song is a seed for the future.