Track three, "La Piedra de la Iguana," is a curious, yet confident track nestled after "Bare Hands, Bare Feet." The two songs developed together, but as time went on, they started taking two different and unique directions.

We were in the middle of jamming/writing the foundation of "Bare Hands, Bare Feet," and I played this little improv melody line with a synth. Someone said they liked it, and another agreed, so I kept jamming it out for a bit. No more than 15 or 20 minutes later, in the middle of playing, I started looking for paper and a pen. I knew that if I did not write down lyrics right then, I would lose the chance to capture the moment with words. I was thinking about building a city, and this is what I wrote:


"We moved our bones,
to lay these stones,
and now,
we're free.

We watched it grow,
let everyone know,
that our city,
is complete."


So the jamming/smoking/laughing/construction kept going on, and slowly "La Piedra de la Iguana" formed. After a few more practices, the song started taking on a true body. Curt started adding in gentle pinches and his graceful touches, Jack just let the soul fly, and he created a very entertaining bass-line that, in my opinion, seems to have a story-line in itself. Jo starts this song with the most entertaining hi-hat work I've ever heard him play, and the timing of the little accents still confuses me. In the end of the song, Jo also does a great job opening up and letting some of his might shine through before the song ends.

Later in the writing process, Curtis had the idea to match the synth melody with the guitar, making it a twisting and turning melody experience that comes crashing down before the final section of the song finishes the thought.

"La Piedra de la Iguana" is a brick-walled, city-night stroll down the freshly-built empire of music that we, The Bright Light Social Hour, deploy every time we step on stage. I do hope you enjoy it!

Love,
A.J.