
2012 / Vocal
DURATION
4 minutes, 27 secondsINSTRUMENTATION
voice, synthesizer, guitar, percussionTEXT
Lisa Horvat
- Was My Time Worth It? The Frank Horvat Band - Frank Horvat (keys), Christine Duncan (vocals), Felicity Williams (vocals), Justin Haynes (guitar), Jean Martin (percussion) 04:26
Programme Notes
I wrote Was My Time Worth It? after I discovered an old notebook that contained angst-filled poetry written by my now wife, Lisa, as a teenager. The words really jumped out at me as something that would work well in a musical context. This is one of many poems that I used when writing for my two band albums, I Can See You and Strange Machine.
The composition is highly experimental (and I’ll admit, a bit strange) to start a “pop” song with a constant loop of the same phrase and then basically take a 360-degree turn for the middle section. But the piano part in the middle section is also very loopy, so it seems to work.
The two female voices are meant to be the same person. They might express themselves in different ways in different parts of the song, but they are still riddled with this yearning for wanting something more.
– Frank Horvat
Lyrics
I sung it over and over
Was my time worth it?
I didn’t know anything about this tune
Except what held it together
‘cuz I couldn’t read between the lines
They always fogged up on me

RECORDING
I Can See You
The Frank Horvat Band
Frank Horvat (keys), Christine Duncan (vocals), Felicity Williams (vocals), Justin Haynes (guitar), Jean Martin (percussion)
Producers: Frank Horvat, Jean Martin
PERFORMANCES
World Premiere
January 21, 2014
The Frank Horvat Band
I Can See You CD Release
Creatures:Collective Gallery
Toronto, Canada
January 31, 2014 (8am); January 31, 2014 (midnight); February 15, 2014 (3pm); February 15, 2014 (9pm)
The Frank Horvat Band
Creatures:Collective Gallery
Toronto, Canada