The Dress

Music & Lyrics: Leo Kapfer

Deep inside her closet room
Red silk with a touch of perfume
A hint of romance and finesse
There is this one specific dress

Sewed and tailered by her mom
Worn once at the Senior prom
The most valuable thing ­ she possessed
Was her one and only favourite dress

Nothing stayed
As heretofore,
The dress did not fit anymore

Refrain:
Once when the dress will fit again
She will leave behind her chains
It will all be fine
When the dress will look perfect again
All fights and struggles she’d complained
Will get lost in the vortex of time

Once innocent and juvenile
Now divorced, two kids and single for a while
No longer fits the dress, nor does her life
Way too much heartache, sorrow and strife

Now the dress pinches and it needs a maintain
If the dress would fit, her life would regain
All her worries that she always complained
Would be blown away if it would fit again

Nothing stayed
As heretofore,
The dress did not fit anymore

Refrain:
Once when the dress will fit again
She will leave behind her chains
It will all be fine
When the dress will look perfect again
All fights and struggles she’d complained

The fabric of time
Is a lining divine
She has lost the thread
She got lost instead

A delicate lace
An elastic brace
Silk or mohair
It is hers to take care
Not about – to barely survive
She is in charge of her life

Refrain:
Once when the dress will fit again
She will leave behind her chains
It will all be fine
When the dress will look perfect again
All fights and struggles she’d complained
Will get lost in the vortex of time

The Dress - Produktionsblog

18.10.2022

Die meisten Klänge dieser Powerballade kommen aus dem Rechner, echt sind nur Gesang, Gitarre und Bass. Das Klavier wurde zumindest live eingespielt, zu hören ist der Grandeur Sound aus der Native Instruments Komplete Library.

Tom verwendet in diesem Song zwei unterschiedliche Bässe, einmal einen Fretless und dann noch seine Lieblings-Axt von Ibanez. Ich spiele hier wie meist die Musicman JP6 und spiele via Reamping direkt ins Pult. Alle Gitarrensounds & Effekte kommen von Line6 Helix.

Besonders hervorheben möchte ich hier die Drums von Superior Drummer 3, hier ist das George Massenburg Pearl Set im Einsatz, und die Gospelchorsounds von EastWest Voices of Soul. Die Regen- und Zwitschergeräusche sind urheberrechtsfreie Sounds von einer Opensource Mediendatenbank.

Ausserdem bin ich immer wieder begeistert über den Oberheim Emulator OP-X PRO-II von SonicProjects, der bei allen Leadsynthies und Pads eingesetzt wurde. Für die Strings habe ich die EastWest Hollywood Strings verwendent. Alle anderen Sounds kommen aus der Kontakt Library.

Autor: Leo Kapfer