A Cautionary Tail – Techno Remix

The biggest complaint I get about Goodbye Planet Earth is that A Cautionary Tail would be so much better without all the psychedelia in the middle. Trying to fix that, I figured I’d shoot for a Techno version in the process. Sure, I’ve done a few dance tunes before, but I spent about 3 weeks re-recording, re-arranging, and re-engineering this one song to try and make it shake some serious ass.

Of course, I’m not that good at making dance music, so please grab the remix tracks below and roll your own version. I want to hear it!

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Photo by Eric Greer

Lyrics:

Here’s a cautionary tale
about the king of all that was for sale
and some mice who were at war
like they’d been a thousand years before.

To a mouse the king called down,
“I can help you win your tiny crown”
Sell you swords, my price is fair.
You will rule the other mice, I swear.”

So the mice went forth to fight,
but the king he got no sleep that night.
Or any other night for days,
tiny battles kept him wide awake.

The king went mad from lack of sleep.
He ran away and they boarded up his keep.
The mice consumed the empty home,
they partied on the mad king’s throne.