Pacifier (song)
| Name | Pacifier |
| Album/single | The General Electric |
| Length | 4.03 |
| Alternative titles | |
| First live performance | |
| Recorded | 1999 |
| Writer/composer | Shihad |
| Producer | GGGarth |
Additional Information
Song meaning as told by Jon: "It's about a friend who, not lost touch with reality, but maybe had a heightened sense of reality and who scared a few friends around him. I could almost relate to what he was saying, he was saying all the right things but he just needed to relax and chill out". (Real Groove, September 1999)
Also: "Again, this was about another extremely talented person. But this song was not about them wrecking themselves. This was about them being extremely creative and that talent being a bit of a curse because of a mental illness. It was nothing to do with drugs. Well, maybe it was a little bit, but it was more about how inspired people, like genuinely inspired people, tend to not function too well in the real world, because their heads are on another planet. They're just vibrating on a different level from everybody else, which makes their art or whatever they do really fucking amazing. But it also means that when they try and incorporate that into what everyone else is doing, just a normal day to day life, it doesn't work out so well. I've suffered from depression and anxiety all my life, probably not to the same extent as the person I was talking about, but I could empathize. It's about trying to put perspective in somebody who has lost perspective." Rip It Up, Aug-Sep 2010.
Later this found out to be about Aaron Tokona from Weta and the emotions he was going through at the time. (Close Up - TVNZ Nov 2008)
Lyrics
You feeling good today Cause I got told that you were Smashed up on your own motorway But it's O.K The first upon the scene A life support machine But you still collapse as if you were an accidental star Do you know what the time is Is it messing with your mind kid Are you hurting all the time And you need a pacifier Come on, lets take a look outside Don't look so worried you know There ain't no hurry Cause life's supposed to ebb and flow Now you're all clear to go And when you're out there No, they can't catch you Precious star, you are the best at what you are And do you know what the time is Is it messing with your mind kid Are you hurting all the time And you need a pacifier Come on, lets take a look outside Come on, lets take a look outside
Drums
The 'xxx' on the hi-hat, as you know by listening to it, is a swing, another way that sounds more swingy is to 'xxX'. As with all my drum tabs,
I write them to the best extent, but my kit only has a crash and a ride, so I often write them to comply with that setup, however when it's a
distinct sound needed, I usually write the correct symbol.
Per un'esempio, in this song, Tom hits both crashes whenever there is a crash, but I only wrote it for one.
Code:
Intro
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
H|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
S|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------2x-------|
C|x---------------|----------------|x---------------|
H|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|x-x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|
S|----o--o----o---|----o--o----o---|----o--o----o---|
B|o--o----o-o-----|o--o----o-o-----|o--o----o-o-----|
Verse One
|-------2x-------| |-------2x-------|
C|x---------------|----------------|x---------------|x---------------|----------------|
H|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|x-x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|x-x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|
S|----o--o----o---|----o--o----o---|----------------|----o--o----o---|----o--o----o---|
B|o--o----o-o-----|o--o----o-o-----|o---------------|o--o----o-o-----|o--o----o-o-----|
C|x---------------|
H|----------------|
S|----------oooo--|
B|o-------o-----o-|
Chorus
|-------9x-------|-------2x-------|
C|x---------------|----------------|x---------------|
H|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|x-x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S|----o--o----o---|----o--o----o---|----------------|
B|o--o----o-o-----|o--o----o-o-----|o---------------|
Verse Two
|-------2x-------|
C|x---------------|----------------|
H|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|x-x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|
S|----o--o----o---|----o--o----o---|
B|o--o----o-o-----|o--o----o-o-----|
|-------2x-------|-------2x-------|
C|x---------------|----------------|x---------------|
H|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|x-x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|----------------|
S|----o--o----o---|----o--o----o---|----------oooo--|
B|o--o----o-o-----|o--o----o-o-----|o-------o-----o-|
Chorus
|------8x--------|
C|x---------------|
H|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|
S|----o--o----o---|
B|o--o----o-o-----|
Ending
|------10x-------|
C|x---------------|x---------------|x---------------|x---------------|
H|----------------|----------------|--x-x-x-x-x-xxx-|----------------|
S|----------oooo--|----------oooo--|----o--o----o---|----------------|
B|o-------o-----o-|o-------o-----o-|o--o----o-o-----|o---------------|
Bass
Main Riff G|-------------------------------------------- D|-------------------------------------------- A|-----5-0-5-5---5-0-5-5-5-(3 times)---------- E|---------------------------------3-3-0-3-3-- Chorus G|-------------------------------------------- D|-------------------------------------------- A|-------------------------------------------- E|-----5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3---------------- (Repeat) G|-------------------------------------------- D|-------------------------------------------- A|-------------------------------------------- E|-----12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-3-3-3-3-------- (Repeat) That's it, the order is: Main Riff (3 times) Chorus Main Riff (3 times) Chorus You should be able to work out the rest.
