Lucas Rodenbush has been making electronic music since 1991. He is best kno… Read Full Bio ↴Lucas Rodenbush has been making electronic music since 1991. He is best known for his work as E.B.E. on labels like Soma, Plastic City, Yoshi Toshi, Resource + Jump, Grayhound, YellOrange and his and Solid Grooves' own San Jose, California-based Solid Trax, producing electronic house and techno music with a distinctive sonic quality and rhythmic edge. His latest output includes a collection of releases with Designforms, Dutchie, Transmat, Plastic City Germany, Dobox and Immigrant. His music has made it onto the tracklists of many a compilation CD by such internationally respected DJs as Danny Tenaglia, Danny Howells, Anthony Pappa, Donald Glaude, Chris Fortier and Carl Cox. He has also seen a track licensed to the Sony Pictures Classics 35mm release of the feature "Groove" alongside the likes of John Digweed, Octave One and DJ Wish FM, as well as an inclusion on Transmat's revered Time:Space_02 project. His career as a dance musician has led him to work with important artists like Digs [DIY], Christian Smith, Alexi Delano, DJ Spun, GPal, Robin Porter, Chris Jackson, Kenneth Graham + Walter Chao, Mustafa, Arturo Garces, and Alonso Ordoñez. He has also remixed the work of Mateo & Matos, Alexander East, Jay Tripwire, Pete Moss, Marc Cotterell, Mechanique, Arturo Garces, Kenneth Graham, ADNY, Sloth & Dormant, ETI and Vandal. As a DJ, he has visited London [UK], Gdansk [Poland], Santiago [Chile], Vancouver [Canada], and has toured throughout Japan and the USA as a premier artist, with stops in Tokyo, Osaka, New York, Miami, Jacksonville, Detroit, Kalamazoo, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno, Houston, Vail, Salt Lake City, Portland and Seattle. Rodenbush continues to develop his musical craft in the studio after receiving his MFA in Experimental Sound Practices and Integrated Media from the distinguished California Institute of the Arts [2008]. He also has BFA in Music Technology [CalArts, 2005] an AA in Film & Television [De Anza, 2003].

EVER
E.B.E. Lyrics

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You see there's this cat burglar who can't see in the dark.
He lays his bets on 8 more lives, walks into a bar.
Slips on the 8 ball, falls on his knife.
Says, "I don't know what I've done, but it doesn't feel right!"

Some things don't hold up over the course of a lifetime,
When's the first time you heard that one, 1954?
Get to the punch line. fall to the floor.

Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup for
The worst joke ever, I never.
I'll tell you my version of the greatest life story
Don't bore me

Now I am floating,
I feel released.
The moorings have been dropped,
The weights unleashed.
Everything is crystalline, simple and free.

The crime of good men who can't wrestle with change,
Or are too afraid to face this life's misjudged unknowns
You're not hurting anybody else's chances,
But you're disfiguring your own.

Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup for
The worst joke ever, I never.
I'll tell you my version of the greatest life story
Don't bore me, I never
Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup

You see there's this feeling that I've heard this one before

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of E.B.E's "Ever" are a complex and deep commentary on the themes of regret, living life to the fullest, and the consequences of our actions. The song starts with a reference to a cat burglar who is blind in the dark. This sets up the theme of the blind leading the blind and how it can lead to catastrophic consequences. The burglar takes a chance with his life and ends up falling on his own knife. The line "I don't know what I've done, but it doesn't feel right!" implies an underlying feeling of regret that runs deep in the song.

The lyric "Some things don't hold up over the course of a lifetime" continues the theme of regret. The song discusses the concept of the joke that falls flat and the person who tells it. This symbolic moment is poignant, as it shows how some things in life just do not work out the way we hoped they would. The imagery of the moorings being dropped and the weights unleashed and everything becoming crystal clear represents the freedom that comes with facing up to the mistakes that we have made.

The song also touches on the subject of living life to the fullest and not being afraid to take chances. The crime of good men who cannot wrestle with change or are too afraid to face life's unknowns is explored, and the consequences of such actions are laid bare. The song highlights the importance of taking risks and living life without being afraid of the repercussions.

Line by Line Meaning

You see there's this cat burglar who can't see in the dark.
Here is a story about a thief who cannot see in the dark.

He lays his bets on 8 more lives, walks into a bar.
The thief is gambling on having 8 more chances and is walking into a bar.

Slips on the 8 ball, falls on his knife.
He accidentally slips on an 8-ball and falls on his knife.

Says, "I don't know what I've done, but it doesn't feel right!"
The thief is unaware of what he has done, but it feels wrong.

Some things don't hold up over the course of a lifetime,
Some things do not last forever.

When's the first time you heard that one, 1954?
When did you first hear that statement, back in 1954?

Get to the punch line. fall to the floor.
Get to the funny part of the joke, make me laugh.

Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup for
Wait for just a moment and I will give you the background information for

The worst joke ever, I never.
The joke I am about to tell you is the worst one ever, or rather, I'm not going to tell you one.

I'll tell you my version of the greatest life story
I will recount the greatest life story from my perspective.

Don't bore me
Do not make your story boring.

Now I am floating,
I am now experiencing a floating sensation.

I feel released.
I feel like I have been set free.

The moorings have been dropped,
The bonds that held me down have been released.

The weights unleashed.
The weights that held me down have been loosened.

Everything is crystalline, simple and free.
Everything is clear, basic and without any constraints.

The crime of good men who can't wrestle with change,
Good men often have trouble dealing with change.

Or are too afraid to face this life's misjudged unknowns
Or they are too scared to confront the uncertainties of life.

You're not hurting anybody else's chances,
You are not affecting another person's opportunities.

But you're disfiguring your own.
However, you are ruining your own chances.

Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup
Just wait a moment and I'll give you the details.

You see there's this feeling that I've heard this one before
I have a sense that I have heard this story before.

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: PETER BUCK, MIKE MILLS, MICHAEL STIPE

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