Molybdenum lyrics:

When you feel you cannot see the end
When you’ve driven down that road and back again
Calm yourself you restless being
Calm yourself you restless being

Fun Facts:

– Molybdenum is a metal with one of the highest melting points. It is also used as a homeopathic remedy. It’s number on the periodic table is 42 – a fact I found quite amusing given I was taking it as a remedy.

– Molybdenum is also used as a lubricant oil in roller chains and machinery – also interesting for me as I had become fascinated with escalators, conveyor belts, pulleys, chains and modes of transport (see lyrics of the song Falling Down).

– Molybdenum was prescribed for me for the feeling of being forced to do something – a difficult feeling I have always had around making music. At the time of this prescription I was trying to figure out my antidote to the feeling of being forced. The answer came to me as ‘desire’ which Esther Perel defines as ‘the expression of a sovereign self. To own the wanting’

– Desire has become the lubricant in what I do – learning to recognise it and fuel it.

– I am very proud of the recording of this song – beautiful double bass playing from Tim and one of the few times I feel I have truly let a song breathe. Processing the vocals and layering them like an aural collage was fun and added greatly to the unease and beauty of the song. I thoroughly enjoyed the processing of vocals across the album – it is both calculated but also random enough as to the results.