Going to the Garden

slumbering

Genre: Experimental

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Description

My interpretation of the old children's rhyme / song / chant, "Going to the Garden to Eat Worms."

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Lyrics

Nobody likes me
Everybody hates me
Going to the garden

Nobody loves me
Everybody hates me
Going to the garden
Mmm...

And I hate me, too
Just like all of you do
Oh, I do

Going to the garden to eat worms
Going to the garden to taste the earth
Going to the garden to bite the dust
Going to the garden to be eaten by worms

Nobody likes me
Everybody hates me
Going to the garden...

Song Stats

Hits: 1800
Comments: 20
Fans: 16
Plays: 128
Downloads: 90
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Uploaded: Sep 12, 2007 - 08:56:52 PM
Last Updated: Sep 12, 2007 - 08:56:52 PM Last Played: Mar 11, 2010 - 07:11:34 PM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial

Song Actions

Keywords:

garden (18), worms (2), dust (7), earth (41), self-hatred (1), self-loathing (2), death (153), suicide (21)

Hardware:

PowerBook G4 Ti 800Mhz

Software:

GarageBand 2

Comments

drakonis

drakonis said 919 days ago (September 12th, 2007)

endodermic chills (gets under my skin)
once again, your richly sparse wonderfully twisted melodic progressions and choice of instrumentation create a delicately dangerous beauty. Your twists on the lyrics tinge youthful innocence with jaded age... and your voice wanders skillfully between the girl and the lady. I think I really like this, it is like some of your others, deliciously written, and distressingly depressing. It is so nice to see another song by you, thank you for sharing your talent with us!
ttfn,
Drakonis

Check out my latest song called Lullaby for the Inner Child

	said 919 days ago (September 13th, 2007)
	I find your voice very soothing....not depressing at all. Love the 'going to the garden to be eaten by worms' twist. Enjoyed this a lot. Thanks for the DL.

Rebsie

Rebsie said 919 days ago (September 13th, 2007)

Powerful and unsettling
Achingly sorrowful, like a faded rose that drops its petals when you touch it. You've made powerful use of your very sweet and resonant voice with the delicate music box tones to create a chilling effect. The way the voices overlap and merge into the music adds to the sense of wanting to dissolve into the earth.

Very nicely done!

Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)

slumbering

slumbering said 884 days ago (October 17th, 2007)

RE: Rebsie
I haven't been very good about replying to comments and feel sorry for that but i finally had to take the time to at least respond to *this* because it is so eerie:

When you wrote: "Achingly sorrowful, like a faded rose that drops its petals when you touch it."

That is exactly how i feel, in those dark times! In fact, i have referred to myself as a wilting rose in certain forums in which i used to participate. And the way you have described it, well, i couldn't have said it better myself - and i am me!

I guess i think it is neat that you recognize this, somehow, through this song.

And i am glad i found these music sites, they've really made a difference in my life.

Check out my latest song called Over the Sea

MissChaos	MissChaos said 919 days ago (September 13th, 2007)
	seriously... You need to hook up with Tim Burton. :-) I LOVE your music. Highest respects. Check out my latest song called Mama Cries - Album Version (MJRF)

Moviz	Moviz said 916 days ago (September 16th, 2007)
	OooooweeeeeooooooOOwww! Lovely production and sounds. Love your vocals and playing/textures.... there's a touch of the 'Baby Jane's' in a nice way.Haunting! Really enjoyed this, M Check out my latest song called The Hub of Life

apb

apb said 902 days ago (September 30th, 2007)

Got a kinda of ..

.. John Carpenter "Halloween" touch to this .. spooky,
haunting, chilling .. yup a missing song from Tim
Burton's "Corpse Bride".

Only nits is some of the sliding up vocal notes are a little out, and sounds like a little clipping when you sing stronger.. but I don't hate you for it ;o).. in this otherwise superb piece of work...for the atmosphere alone I'd give it 10 .. and think it could happily sit in "cinematic/soundtrack"..
I dig that breathy spooky voice you do .. I'd like to
hear you sing out strong too. You'll be sick of the
Kate Bush comparisons by now I guess ..:o)

If you had Logic .. I would have suggested softening
some of the 'plosives' a little too on the vox...
without losing the closeness/intimate touch you get
so close to the mic.

Check out my latest song called Worlds gone mad (w/Lengold) (MJRF2010)

jiguma	jiguma said 899 days ago (October 3rd, 2007)
	What Rebsie said! Love the way you use your voice in the sparse acoustic landscapes you create. I still think a duet with Walter (moorlandt) would work a treat. Neil Check out my latest song called PBGB/jiguma Radio Interview

Diviner	Diviner said 899 days ago (October 3rd, 2007)
	Crikey, lovely haunting voice Lovely song even though its a sad one. Very well done, I am still in a bit of a confusing state over this track. Great track. Check out my latest song called Chilled Something

bonnieprincejohnny	bonnieprincejohnny said 899 days ago (October 3rd, 2007)
	Sooo-fucking-perb! Very soothing in a kinda scary way. This tune is fab. Be lucky. Check out my latest song called twenty seven

DWL	DWL said 897 days ago (October 5th, 2007)
	Amazing stuff Beautifully put together, ethereal, unreal, otherwordly........ Excellent Cheers Dick Check out my latest song called Slave Cell (collab with echoroom)

Schello	Schello said 892 days ago (October 10th, 2007)
	;-) mmm, Yeahh, i know this voice =) Delicate, full of immagination, i like your "peterPan".. =) Well, snse ofinnocent and malizia! BRAVO Im not musician and no genius also ------------- Schello Check out my latest song called Snozz'en (Cronik Mix)

	said 874 days ago (October 27th, 2007)
	For some reason you remind me of a female Neil Hannon I am impressed

davisamerica	davisamerica said 863 days ago (November 8th, 2007)
	so how could anybody hate someone with such a wonderful voice! very much in doubt of that. this track is right up my alley...the darkly delicate alley. anyroad...loved this and ur voice is killer! Check out my latest song called Shine (MJ Collab)

davisamerica	davisamerica said 862 days ago (November 8th, 2007)
	alison krauss finally figured it out...lol Check out my latest song called Shine (MJ Collab)

Mangwisto	Mangwisto said 764 days ago (February 15th, 2008)
	Really really good. First song I've ever downloaded in my 11 months here. Check out my latest song called Gunslinger (stage II)

Scott Carmichael

Scott Carmichael said 472 days ago (December 3rd, 2008)

I'm downloading all your stuff
Consistently in your vocal performances... you have this detached quality..
very "Mercy Street" as Gabriel enters the next stanza...

"Pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth
Tugging at the darkness, word upon word
Confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box
To the priest... hes the doctor
He can handle the shocks
Dreaming of the tenderness... the tremble in the hips
Of kissing marys lips"

It's as if you are observing your own life from a distance...

While "going to the Garden" is innocent enough... you give it a whole new context.. almost sinister... not evil...you are no threat to others.. only yourself...

I wrote a song called "sleep"... posted under another name... and when I sing the lyric "now I lay me down to sleep"... I'm really singing about an inevitable suicide... you pull this off in spades... the undercurrent is so strong in this, that no one could mistake it for a child's nursery rhyme..

I'm a fan

Check out my latest song called Mists (MJRF2010)

T_Being_esq	T_Being_esq said 320 days ago (May 4th, 2009)
	Great Song I must say. If you feel as bleak as this I do not know how you get anything done. I'd be wallowing in self pity and despire. I hope from the coments here you descern that not everybody hates you. Check out my latest song called Stamp On My Head MJRF2010

ramonaji	ramonaji said 297 days ago (May 26th, 2009)
	I'm glad I just discovered you so I could listen to a bunch of your songs at once instead of having to wait... ! Awesome! Check out my latest song called Pretend That You Love Me

LunaTrick	LunaTrick said 294 days ago (May 29th, 2009)
	magical Really stunning composition... exquisitely delivered! Check out my latest song called Luna Gypsy Heart II (Eternal Firelight)

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Artist Info

Name: slumbering

I love music and i love doing creative things. I just need to express myself in some way or other, i don't know why. Sometimes i want to be heard, other times i would like to completely disappear. : ( Forgive me if i do something wrong, i can b... [see more]

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Genre Info

Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. There is an overlap with avant-garde music. John Cage was a pioneer in experimental music and defined and gave credibility to the form. As with other edge

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