Song picture
04 Monaco
3 Comment Share
Free download
guitars
Artist picture
Trash-pop, guitar rock and melodic miscellany.
Not so much a band as a bloke with a guitar and a laptop, The Smivets deliver a genre-bending blend of pop, rock, punk, prog and many other monosyllables.
Song Info
Genre
Rock Rock General
Charts
Peak #151
Peak in subgenre #30
Author
Steve Smith
Rights
Steve Smith
Uploaded
December 05, 2019
Track Files
MP3
MP3 6.7 MB 160 kbps 5:49
Story behind the song
June I got ill, and everything flipped on its head. It really is all down to a simple roll of the dice. The beep beep noise is the monitor alarm - your constant companion in ICU. I'd already finished recording the song when I went back to Derby ICU because they were holding an open day - showcasing what they do. It was cathartic to revisit and see what the unit looked like from a visitor's viewpoint. Then this alarm went off and I was transported right back to my experience on the unit in a shocking flashback. I recorded the sound and added it to the song - weird how it fits right in.
Lyrics
Finding myself somewhat short of breath I slipped into a dream Just your average brush with death With no obvious suspects at the scene Eleven days later wehen I came to I didn't recognise the room But by your sterilised smile I knew Just how close I'd come 'Cause you don't have to go to Monaco To spin that pretty wheel You don't need that trip to Atlantic City To lose it all one one last deal Because every day the dice will roll How they fall you can't control But if your number's up That's all for you And there ain't a lot you can do So the miracle workers' magic medicking Dispensed intensive care Saving my sorry ass by sticking Tubes in every Lord knows where Though I'm grateful for being brought back to life Still Fate will take Her fee And life in the wake of the surgeon's knife Is never quite like it used to be When you can't swallow And you can't talk And you can't stand up And you can't walk And you can't eat And you can't drink It might not turn out the way you think Guess you have to play the hand you're given And not dwell on what might have been So I resolved to keep on living Regret's a slippery sin Don't get choked by disappointment That way's always a dead end Just pick the flies out of the ointment And roll the dice again, my friend 'Cause you don't have to go to Monaco
Song Likes
On Playlists
Comments 3
Please sign up or log in to post a comment.
DRUMNJON
Feb 13, 2020
ITS AMAZING WHAT WE ALL TAKE FOR GRANTED!! BEEN THERE..GLAD TO BE HERE!! ROCK ON BROTHER!! WE HEAR YAH!!:):):):):)
davidabriggs
Dec 20, 2019
Wow, I'd heard that you had a brush with the grim reaper a while ago...to have written such a song about it...Respect!
rodrica
Dec 12, 2019
Brilliantly written song about everyone's worst nightmare. I admire the way you can turn this experience into such a great song.