ARIANNA INCOMPLETE (T. Kerns) 

This song first appeared on the Static In Stereo cd. There are two little girls in Canada named Arianna after this song which is beyond an honor. They are not mine! Thanks to Maury Povich for clearing that up. Vinnie Paul was involved in the mixing process of this song. Vinnie has been an amazing friend of this band for a long time. I was blown away by his knowledge behind a mixing desk. We all know he is the MAN behind the drum kit. That is why he is thanked on Exile as our Jedi Master. His guidance has been invaluable. This is another of those songs that is very special to me. It is a musical apology to a girl who carried me through a terrible low point in my life. We were Sid and Nancy. We all know how THEY ended up. We didn't end that bad thankfully. Those transitional relationships are always so troubled.  'You took the pain away, You put me back together then I broke you anyway' 'You sucked the poison out, You nursed me back to health and then I broke you anyway' We have all been on either end of this scenario and it sucks. That's me on the shakers. I like the subtle organ part I played in the second verse. I wanted verse one to be tonally different than verse two.  We de-gnarlified Ellis' bass tone in this one just barely. Ellis' bass is insane on this record. It is a big, scary monster. For this one the monster had to be just barely contained. Barely. Here's Brent Muscat revisiting the talk box from Faster Pussycat's Little Dove from Wake Me When It's Over. Frampton's got nothing on him! A nice reverse guitar solo a la Hendrix. Sort of a Jimi Frampton-esque performance if you will.  Our manager Jason always laughs at all the Bowie references in these songs. This one contains a Marc Bolan from T-Rex reference.  'We smoked a forest and we drank the rain but I was Bolan, you were Doris Day'  Some of you might remember a Bolan reference from an Age Of Electric song called I Don't Mind-'Bolan smiling down on me.' needless to say Marc and David have always been heroes of mine.  Oh, and by the way, her real name wasn't Arianna.

A pretty Irish girl named 'Everyone'
She's never more beautiful than when she cums
Her Daddy's habits and her Mama's eyes
But she never feels beautiful until she's high

You took the pain away
You put me back together 
Then I broke you anyway

Arianna, take from me
Everything you need
Arianna, run away
And build another day
When Arianna screams 
She scares the ghosts away
Arianna, fly
Arianna Incomplete

A stupid rocker boy from Timbuktu
I'm only happy when I'm inside you
We smoked a forest, we drank the rain
But I was Bolan you were Doris Day

You sucked the poison out
You nursed me back to health 
And then I broke you anyway

Chorus