2008 The Mission
Written by Mark Fielding Darden in 2008
I wrote this right after I read Eric Clapton's autobiography. It was a very open, honest and moving book. He's been sober and attending AA meetings for decades now, even when on tour. I respect him hugely.
At the same time, I was going through a divorce after twenty years of what I thought was a marriage. As I wrote this song, I was thinking of how I could overcome my failures and become someone better... like Eric did. The marriage ended anyway, but not because I didn't try.
I was very pleased with the lead guitar work on this song. It was so easy to hear in my head as the notes came out... and about half way through the ending, it goes from country to blues. My favorite hook comes right at the very, very end.
Mfd: guitars, song, vocals, dueling pianos, percussion, video
Chris Kisgen: bass and background tenor harmony
Recorded at Blue Creek Valley Farm studio in 2008
Copyright: 2023
SRu 1-560-878
I wrote this right after I read Eric Clapton's autobiography. It was a very open, honest and moving book. He's been sober and attending AA meetings for decades now, even when on tour. I respect him hugely.
At the same time, I was going through a divorce after twenty years of what I thought was a marriage. As I wrote this song, I was thinking of how I could overcome my failures and become someone better... like Eric did. The marriage ended anyway, but not because I didn't try.
I was very pleased with the lead guitar work on this song. It was so easy to hear in my head as the notes came out... and about half way through the ending, it goes from country to blues. My favorite hook comes right at the very, very end.
Mfd: guitars, song, vocals, dueling pianos, percussion, video
Chris Kisgen: bass and background tenor harmony
Recorded at Blue Creek Valley Farm studio in 2008
Copyright: 2023
SRu 1-560-878
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CreativityTranscript
00:00I was living life, but I swear it was a dream. I was walking with my wife when suddenly she screamed.
00:23There's a mission in the distance, there's a crossroads in the dark, but I can't seem to find it so far.
00:39I was in a dream, but I swear it was true light. I was gambling with my fate, losing at the speed of light.
00:54There's a mission in the distance, there's a crossroads in the dark, but I can't seem to find it so far.
01:24Yeah, we're on a mission for the meaning of our life. Sometimes it's blind ambition and it cuts like a knife.
01:47There's a mission in the valley, there's a crossroads in the dark, but I can't seem to find it, no I can't seem to find it, I can't seem to find it so far.
02:09So far, so far, I can't find it, so far, so far, it's so far, so far.
02:39So far, so far, I can't find it, so far, so far, it's so far, so far.
03:09So far, so far, I can't find it, so far, so far, it's so far, so far, it's so far, so far.