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The assignment: "Write a song inspired by a movie." Chuck and I had just finished watching Sherlock Holmes, and I was a little fascinated with Watson's character; he seemed flustered by Holmes's antics and yet he always allowed himself to be talked into going along. Over the course of the writing, it turns out that the words seem less specific to Watson and point more toward the general human theme of emotional honesty vs. "waitress smile" (as my friend Molly puts it).

Jar-e had previously written the music and recorded all the instruments, but didn't want to do anything with it, so around the time of the assignment, he left me a message asking if I wanted to write lyrics and melody. By the time I got back to him, he had deleted the tracks, but still had an mp3 of the instrumental. I painted over that with lyrics and a floor tom. So we had no control over the mix of the instruments, but Jar had done a good job already, and we went with it.

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House of Many Colors (c) 2010 Jar-e and Stephanie Morgan (BMI)

If you never go then you will never know
If you never know then you will never grow
I would make a bad poet
I could never lie
But it's not the same on the inside

Smokescreens and pipe dreams
Blanket my mindscreams
Building a house of many colors
Oh, but sweating on the inside
When house becomes a tower
Oh

You lean a little on the clues and a little bit of fact
Little hint of this and the brutal truth of that
You simmer it together like a ratatouiile stew
Save a dance for me and I'm beholden to you

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from stephanies​ĭ​d bonus / alt tracks, track released September 28, 2010
Jar-e - music
Stephanie Morgan - lyrics, vocals, floor tom beats

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Stephanie Morgan (aka Pink Mercury, stephaniesĭd, Chloe Taylor) Asheville, North Carolina

Stephaniesĭd disbanded in 2016. Singer Stephanie Morgan now performs under the name Pink Mercury. Based in both Los Angeles, CA and Asheville, NC. www.pinkmercury.com

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