Menomena - Wet And Rusting

Menomena’s permenant lineup consists of Danny Seim on percussion; and Justin Harris on bass, guitar, and saxophone. According to their Last.fm page, they often swap instruments and singing duties. This willingness to experiment is respected by fans and their music proves to be continually interesting as a result of this.

This song is one of my favourite from the group. At different points in the song, it is brooding, sunny or gritty with lyrics that hint at stalking, OCD and lost love. Needless to say, the group have a great knack for songwriting.

ScHoolBoy Q’s track There He Go heavily samples the haunting piano loop and atmospheric elements in the track. A couple of months later, I discovered the original and the rest is history.

The lyrics (below and above in the picture), are clever and open to interpretation. Download link after the jump.

Enjoy.

I made you a present, you’ll never expect it
And when you unravel the secret will travel
It’s hard to take risks with a pessimist
I hope that this shaking will help us awaken
Separated by skin ‘til we let ourselves in
It’s hard to take risks with a pessimist
It’s hard to take risks
I hope one will burn me, I know you’ll desert me
(This is the closest I’ll come to touching you the way I want)
The hope can be painful, I’ll try to be faithful
(It’s hard to take risks)

Download - Wet & Rusting