Trapped in Infinity
“With heart beating drums and intimate breathy vocals this song grabs you and transports you into another world. As the insightful lyrics beautifully explains those dark feelings of battling depression and the guide of hope, it pulls the listener on a therapeutic and validating experience. This tune really helps in fearlessly facing those dark moments in life.”
Published in Music Connection Magazine!
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Trapped in Infinity
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Song teaser animation video by Anna Yamamoto
A color guard dancer in Illinois named Katie Sue used "Trapped in Infinity" for her final performance! I'm so honored!!!
Day 138
The echo in this hollow vessel
Repeats endlessly my own perceptions back to me
Floating
Drifting through the void
I’m missing the grounding of sweet gravity
I lost contact, it seems like, light years ago
Still I send out SOS
Trapped in infinity
Boundless reality
All I see is darkness in front of me
This can’t be the end, this can’t be the end
Day 138
Please respond
Lost engines
Life support low
My direction’s shifting, it’s like I’m being pulled
But it’s just darkness
I know I’m trying
But I find myself eyeing the big red button
To send my ejection seat out there to freeze
Red alert’s been blasting so long it’s just a background drone
And the cold seeps through the walls
Trapped in infinity
Boundless reality
All I see is darkness in front of me
Trapped in infinity
Boundless reality
All I feel is a black hole awaiting me
This can't be the end. this can't be the end
I’ve got all the tools to make repairs
I'll turn it all around, I'll turn it around
My beautiful blue home is somewhere out there
Written for @CieloBluu with help from the Twitch community!
Big shout out to the friends and community who crowdfunded the mixing, mastering, copyrighting and distribution of this song! Thank you Sky Bennett, Chris Stuhler & Danielle Sentney, Matthew Anderson, Matthew Cascardi, Jesse Pollard, Nixie Davidsohn, Donna Suarez, Dorian Young, Shawn Hanrahan, Dmitri Alvarado, Jp Lavergne, Nieomi Van Laere and Marceline Beauregard!
Musicians
Jesse Strickman - vocals and electric guitar
McKay Garner - drums, electric bass, fuzz bass and keyboard/sound design
Recorded by
McKay Garner at McKay Mix (Oakland, CA) and Jesse Strickman in his parents’ attic
Mixed & Mastered by
McKay Garner
Produced & Arranged by
Jesse Strickman
McKay Garner
Written by
Jesse Strickman
Guitar Chords:
Verse arpeggio
C#m | C#m | C#m | C#sus2
C#m/A (Lift up pointer finger to expose open A string, while still holding the rest of the C#m shape)
Pre-chorus & Chorus
C#m | C#m | C#sus2 | C#sus2
A | A | Amaj7 | F#m E
(repeated)
Interlude
A | A | E | F#/A
Bridge
A | A | E | F# (x3)
A | A | E | F#/A