I'm hesitant to call two songs in two days being on a roll, but relatively speaking? I'm on a roll!

After posting "Untitled (ACO 1)" (download) last night, I went straight into recording another song I wrote right after completing the first Eponymous 4 project.

(Ed. note: Since the publication of this entry, "Untitled (ACO 1)" has since become "Our Best Wasn't Enough")

It's called "Speechless" (download), and I wrote two drafts of lyrics, neither of which I'm particularly fond. But it seems like an appropriate title for the melody.

The levels were too hot, and the hard disk skipped twice during recording. It was 1 a.m. by the time I played it back, and I figured I'd give it another shot tonight.

I dropped the levels a bit and got a full take. I also re-encoded "Untitled (ACO 1)" to 192kbps, which doesn't make too much of a difference.

So there. More music from me for you to enjoy. Or ignore. Whatever.

Here are the lyrics. Maybe they're not that bad, but they kind of strike me as, well, predictable:

"Speechless"

When the clock strikes three o'clock
I'll try not to make you stir
I'll just find my own way out
We'll talk later

Say the words to make me feel
That tonight I'd be remiss
Never to return your calls
Or messages

A string of words
A mess of thoughts
Sometimes they never meet
What I keep in
I can't let out
And still I try to try
To make it all make sense

Feel the blood rush through your face
See the moon turn into red
I can't think of how I'd spend
Now forever

Come into my mind again
Make me wonder what I'd miss
If I'd never hold you tight
Or felt your kiss

A string of words
A mess of thoughts
Sometimes they never meet
What I keep in
I can't let out
And still I try to try
To make it all make sense

I added a third verse last night, but there are no lyrics for them yet.

Oops.

Oh, man, does the level of my own neglect suprise the fuck out of me.

I went ahead and just barrelled through the end of the new song I'm fleshing out. I'm pretty sure I'll go back and tweak a number of things, but for now, I'm satisfied with the overall direction of it.

So I hooked up my mixer to my computer, fiddled around with the levels of both the sound card and the mixer and made a quick recording of it on my hard drive.

After I exported it to MP3, I added it to the left-side navigation of my main personal site -- it's labeled "Untitled (ACO 1)" (download) under the Eponymous 4 heading -- and clicked on it.

(Ed. note: Since the publication of this entry, "Untitled (ACO 1)" has since become "Our Best Wasn't Enough")

The link was broken.

In fact, the link was redirecting me to my local machine.

I'm not sure how many months it's been like this, but I forgot to change a configuration setting in my script to indicate it was a production environment, not a development environment.

In other words, I have no idea how long people have not been able to download my own music. In fact, no one informed me the links were broken because, well, no one downloads my own music.

Not even myself. (Not like there's a reason for me to do so, but still ...)

So I switched the setting, tested the link, and now a very shoddy recording of a sketch of a song I'm still working on is available for preview.

(And, um, I'd appreciate some feedback from the peanut gallery about it. If you have an account, you can even post a comment down below.)

But this sound is somewhat close to what I want to write for the next Eponymous 4 project. I may even comandeer some tracks from A Ghost in My Shadow.

I hope I can pull it off.

Oh, and I'm aiming for a full-length release -- 10 to 12 songs. At least a number more than five.