Trumpet Piece

Oh, look what I've found! It's the film clip to "Trumpet Piece" from the Calvin CD. Enjoy.

Dreaming of a Safe Place

Rarely does a classic of this magnitude slip under the critical radar to such an extent. Calvin Christian School's 1999 release Dreaming of a Safe Place is a true feast for the ears. I can't find any explanation as to why this little gem failed to put a dent in the musical world, let alone the Tasmanian scene. To my surprise, I couldn't even find any results for it on Google.

Most of the songs are quivery-voiced, off-key, Jewell-esque female piano ballads. The haunting "I Will Never Forget You" effortlessly blends into the joyous "Trumpet Piece", which is undoubtedly the album's pièce de résistance. The cleverly titled "Canever" echos Alanis Morissette's work (which may have been quite popular with year 11 girls at the turn of the millenium?), and is rumoured to be about drugs*.

Masterpiece has a new name and it's "Dreaming of a Safe Place". I can do no better than quote from the album's liner notes:
"Well done to the students who had their work included on this CD. You are an exceptionally talented group of people."

*I've heard that the girls responsible for "Canever" were expelled from the school (or given a "home school scholarship"), due to the ambiguity of the lyrics.

I can’t see you
I can’t feel you
I can’t live with you… for now

Junky in need of a score but rational enough to wait till payday.

But I hear you
And I know you
I see and feel the way you love me so
Love me
Love me
Love me

The familiar sensations of the hit begins to play on the imagination, leading the junky into a sense of desperation.

I will love you
Now I’ve found you
I will never turn away
My life’s your life
Give it to you
You can do with it what you want to
Love you
Love you

I see and feel the way

The drugs demand full control of the junky's life. She/he realises it's the only way forward now.