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'''"Gratitude Walks"''' is the first song on [[start|American Music Club]]'s sixth album, 1993’s ''[[Mercury]]''. | '''"Gratitude Walks"''' is the first song on [[start|American Music Club]]'s sixth album, 1993’s ''[[Mercury]]''. The 6th Street referred to in the lyrics is in San Francisco, a block and a half away from where Vudi was subleasing the second floor of a warehouse in the South of Market area of town, where [[American Music Club]] rehearsed and often lived at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Stolder |first=Steve |date=1993 |title=Heart Of Darkness |url= |magazine=Request Magazine |location=Santa Monica, CA |publisher=Marvin Scott Jarrett |access-date=January 16, 2017}}</ref> | ||
The song, originally titled "The Torture of St. Cruelty," was written in the spring of 1992, as mentioned in an interview with ''Musician'' magazine.<ref name="Musician">{{cite magazine |last=Fong-Torres |first=Ben |date=July 1992 |title=American Music Club's Mark Eitzel: Underground Hero |url= | |||
https://web.archive.org/web/20091027115440/http://www.geocities.com/richbraz/amcmusician92.html |magazine=Musician |location= |publisher= |access-date=January 16, 2018}}</ref> | |||
In the interview, Eitzel states, "I just wrote this new song, 'The Torture Of St. Cruelty.' It's about weakness. At first, I thought, 'No drums. It's just going to be acoustic guitar and a string section.' Now, I'm thinking, 'Let's try drums and maybe we'll do it heavy metal.' To me the song's realized as long as it does the same thing to me inside. And if a song doesn't groove, we'll drop it."<ref name="Musician"/> | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
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That gets louder the lower you sink | That gets louder the lower you sink | ||
Gratitude walks on | Gratitude walks on 6th Street | ||
Pull it from the air<br> | Pull it from the air<br> | ||
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Push him down if he should try and run | Push him down if he should try and run | ||
Gratitude walks on | Gratitude walks on 6th Street | ||
Take a number for your big lament<br> | Take a number for your big lament<br> | ||
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Leaving your cupboards bare | Leaving your cupboards bare | ||
Gratitude walks on | Gratitude walks on 6th Street | ||
==Video== | ==Video== | ||
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==Also appears on== | ==Also appears on== | ||
* ''[[A Toast To You]]'' <small>Live version</small> | * ''[[A Toast To You]]'' <small>Live version</small> | ||
* ''[[The Mercury Band Demos 1992]]'' <small>Demo</small> | * ''[[The Mercury Band Demos April 1992]]'' <small>Demo</small> | ||
* ''[[Our First Trip to Nottingham]]'' <small>Live version</small> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist|2}} | {{reflist|2}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:AMC songs]] | ||