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Red Rose

from The Missing by Murphee K

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I try not to reveal the muse for each my songs, but it's hard not to mention Robbie with this one; I mean, her name is on the friggin' lyrics for crying out loud!

This is the first song I've ever written and I was 16 at the time. So anyway, Robbie. Robbie was a girl whom I had a huge crush on. We were elementary school classmates. This was in the Philippines. I then moved away.

One night, after being told of _____ 5 years after moving to the US, I immediately wrote the first draft of this song.

I remember coming up with the melody of the Chorus first, then its chords, the dual guitar solo, then this weird PreChorus that is played only once throughout the song. But all I could think about at that fleeting moment is that I wanted to preserve that feeling, that stark realization of knowing some critical thing. And looking back now, even though my crush is there no longer, it's comforting to know that I've engraved that realization.

-George Ryan Perez, 15 October 2013

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I don't like pictures because they don't move
I like art, though, because they don't need to
It's sorta odd when you look at it
All these years I haven't changed a bit
Scratched the surface, no harm to the core
I'd like to come, but am I too sure?
I could've had her, I waited too long
All I know is all I thought was wrong

(Because) It took me 5 years to realize
-- You're momentarily memorialized
-- Across the world is a million miles
-- Used to be a daily wish for me to die
-- That without you I could stand myself

Robbie Ganzon, yeah, she was pretty
I could've gone, yeah, all the way!
But I just looked and stared endlessly
She's just a painting of a red rose

Sitting at the edge of my bed
I felt a sudden draft
Plastered posters on my wall
Gobbles up the dull blue paint
And it sums up to a misconception
All is lost in my confession
Tears would break, yeah, with no reason
You haunt me like it's an obsession

It took me 5 years to realize
-- She's just a painting of a red rose
-- I could've gone, yeah, all the way
-- She's just a painting of a red rose

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from The Missing, released December 21, 2012
Lyrics by George Ryan Perez

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Murphee K is an indie punk band made up of George Ryan Perez and his talented Gainesville, Fla. friends.

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