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Cain and Abel

from Decimation by Kerry Logan

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In the late 90s, I struck on the awesome idea of writing the entire Bible into an album. I began sketching out Genesis and managed to get some fragments started, but nothing concrete, until I hit on a riff for the tale of Cain and Abel. That one stuck and I quickly fleshed out a song for it, very pleased with the results. I made an acoustic demo which had some great teeth to it, but it continually got put on the maybe pile for recording. Fastforward to this year and it was a perfect choice to lead the Mongolia album. Given considerably more love than the rest of the tracks (apologies... but I'm not sorry), it was the last one finished. Special thanks to my good friend Katerina for giving the news report halfway through the track, and to Bob for another killer drum track!

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Proud parents – father Adam, mother Eve begin their family
Two brothers – farmer Cain, brother Abel tends the sheep
Cain brings his harvest, brother Abel burns a lamb, for their offerings to the Lord
Happy Abel – the Lord he chooses, Cain he looses
Now he is furious…

“Why that scowl on your face?
If you’d have done right, you’d be smiling – but now sin is at your door
You must overcome that evil feeling deep inside
I ask again – what’s with the scowl?!”

"Then Cain said to his brother Abel, 'let's go out for a walk'. When they were out in the countryside, Cain turned on his brother and killed him!"

Oh no!
"Where is your brother Abel?"
"I don't know" says Cain, "am I supposed to hold his hand?"
"Why have you done this terrible thing? His blood is screaming from the ground!"
"I place a curse on you - you cannot farm this land as it has soaked up all his blood." (Like a mouth to receive him!)
"You curse is too hard, I'll be killed as I wander far!"
"You should have thought of that before you struck that blow.
Do you remember what..."

credits

from Decimation, released March 15, 2019
from There Aren't Any Sheep in Mongolia, released November 27, 2016
Guitars, Bass and Vocals by Kerry Logan. Drums by Bobby Logan. Spoken word by Katerina Papageorgiou.

Written and produced by Kerry Logan. Recorded at OHS Studios April to November 2016, drum tracks at Noiseworks in November 2016 and mixed at OHS Studios in November 2016.

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