The Sound of Drums

"The Sound of Drums" is the fifth track from 2022 EP, SZNZ: Spring.
===Appearances===
*SZNZ: Spring (2022)
==Overview==
"The Sound of Drums" features "Wiccan chants" sourced from poems. The chant "Air I Am" by Andras Corben Arthenhttps://frederickcuups.com/chant-library/ is spoken over the song's guitar solo. The song's outro features an excerpt from the poem "Back to the River" by Abigail Spinner McBride.https://www.vegasvortex.com/chants/"Pagan and Wiccan Songs and Chants." https://spells8.com/pagan-wiccan-songs-and-chants/ The chants were removed during production and reinstated shortly before the album's release.Rivers Cuomo. Discord. 20 March 2022. Screenshot: :File:RC_Sound_of_Drums.jpg
The album's liner notes, as well as the song's official YouTube upload, mistakenly transcribe the lyric "On the mists of Avalon" as "On the myths of Babylon."
Multiple demos of "The Sound of Drums" were leaked online in December of 2022.
==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo — lead vocals, guitar
*Brian Bell — rhythm guitar
*Scott Shriner — bass
*Patrick Wilson — drums
*Ethan Gruska — producer
*Jake Sinclair — producer
*Suzy Shinn — producer
*John Sinclair — mixing
*Bernie Grundman — mastering
==Audio==
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==Lyrics==
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|-|Album version=
Underneath that pretty shroud
You're too distressed to speak
Weighed down by the sad events
That some call Holy Week
Put your ear to the breeze, my friend
Take heed of the ebb and flow
We'll sing your spirit back to life
With the songs of Ivanhoe (ho-ho-ho)
It's good to see my old friends
Man, it's been so long
Now that we're together
We're gonna sing you a song
Let these steel strings take you home to me
And let yourself be soothed by
The sound of drums
Climb down the stairs and out the door
'Til your feet are on the earth
You'll find us in the meadowland
For better or for worse
We brought the pipes and the mandolin
We beat the old bodhrán
So close your eyes and drift with us
On the mists of Avalon
It's good to see my old friends
Man, it's been so long
Now that we're together
We're gonna sing you a song
Let these steel strings take you home to me
And let yourself be soothed by
The sound of drums
(Air I am)
(Fire I am)
(Water, Earth, and Spirit I Am)
It's good to see my old friends
Man, it's been so long
Now that we're together
We're gonna sing you a song
Let these steel strings take you home to me
And let yourself be soothed by
The sound of drums
Back to the river, back to the sea
Back to the ocean, one with thee
Back to my blood, and back through my veins
Back to my heartbeat, one and the same
|-|Demo September 24, 2021=
Underneath that pretty shroud
You're too distraught to speak
Weighed down by the sad events
That some call Holy Week
Put your ear to the breeze, my friend
Take heed of the ebb and flow
We'll sing your spirit back to life
With the songs of Ivanhoe
It's good to see my old friends
Man, it's been so long
Now that we're together
We're gonna sing you a song
Let these steel strings bring you home to me
And let yourself be soothed by
The sound of drums
Climb down the stairs and out the door
'Til your feet are on the earth
You'll find us in the meadowland
For better or for worse
We brought the pipes and the mandolin
We beat the old bodhrán
Close your eyes and drift with us
On the mists of Avalon
It's good to see my old friends
Man, it's been so long
Now that we're together
We're gonna sing you a song
Let these steel strings take you home to me
And let yourself be soothed by
The sound of drums
...
World comes tumbling down
...
And the fireflies come out
Nibelung in the halls of the earth
Stoke the fires
And they're hammering, hammering
...
'Til the world comes tumbling down
It's good to see my old friends
Man, it's been so long
Now that we're together
We're gonna sing you a song
Let these steel strings take you home to me
And let yourself be soothed by
The sound of drums
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==Known recordings==
==See also==
*SZNZ
*List of Weezer songs
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
==References==
Category:Weezer songsCategory:Rivers Cuomo songsCategory:SZNZCategory:Songs on SZNZ: Spring