<p>So what is the 5th dementia, anyway?&nbsp; Possibly, it was the dementia that led me to think I could play this correctly on overdubs without a click track...<br /><br />Generally, the lyric is about taking myself down a peg while encouraging me to keep it together and not sweat the small stuff.&nbsp; In typical fashion I was both proud of and repulsed by the horrid "dimension" / "dementia" puns I kept putting out there, the conflictedness delaying the completion of the song for about 3 years.&nbsp; I would work on it for a few days, get stuck, and move on to more natural creations. But it would simply not leave me alone, so there you have it.<br /><br />The music to the bridge (the part mostly in 7/8) and chorus was written in 2006.&nbsp; I tried several different sets of music for the verses, most even more oblique than the rest of the song.&nbsp; I'm pleased with the verses as they ended up, though -- straightforward enough to allow room for a bit of wiseacre smarm in the vocal.<br /><br />The fade in and fade out are overdriven guitar run through my Ibanez delay/echo on infinite repeat.&nbsp; Oh, and spot the sounds of a bad cable shorting out between the chorus and 2nd verse! &nbsp;<br /><br />I have an idea for re-recording this (yes, *with* click track) with less fuzzy guitars and more space in the mix.&nbsp; If I do that and get it right, it'll come out as a digital single or on an EP.<br /><br /></p>