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“I care a lot more about the song than I do about her.”
Whoa, man. That’s a dark burn from Edmonton songwriter Scott Deshane, frontman of a band called Yikes. He’s talking about his melancholy new song Tighter – about a personal and once-painful break-up. He says he wrote song several years ago with his on-again, off-again girlfriend Rebecca. They haven’t talked in years. She’s somebody that he used to know. And vice versa.
Deshane says Rebecca has no idea that her Ex went ahead and recorded the heartbreak song they wrote together – with Mallory Chipman (Tommy Banks’ granddaughter) doing the female vocal part. Yikes will release and play it live Saturday, Jan. 18 at the Rec Room in West Edmonton Mall.
Key line: “Is it worth feeling sad and sorry all the time?”
Scott and Rebecca loved each other, they wanted to be together.
“But there’s a difference between loving and caring for someone, and being comfortable in a relationship,” Deshane says. “We tried a few times, but old issues were starting to rear their heads again. It’s about knowing you have affection for someone, but also knowing that being together isn’t the right thing for either of you. You can want to make things work, but sometimes it’s impossible.”
Deshane doesn’t go into too much detail. It wasn’t an instance of cheating, or of leaving one’s gonch in the sink or anything like that. Save it for couple’s therapy … which probably isn’t going to happen.
“I’m not torn up about it,” Deshane says. “People separate. That’s all well and good. Life goes on. I felt now that she was out of my life completely it was time to bring the song to the band. I decided it was too good to let die.”
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