White Ball

White Ball
Written by	Joe Hawley, Bora Karaca, Zubin Sedghi
Appears on	Hawaii: Part II
Sung by	Stephanie Koenig, Zubin Sedghi
Duration	3:35
Genre	World Baroque pop
Language	English
Links:	Youtube Spotify Bandcamp Instrumental (Bandcamp) Piano Melody Demo (Bandcamp) Bridge Demo (Bandcamp) Solo Demo (Bandcamp) Ad Libs (Bandcamp) Raw Strings (Bandcamp) Giggle (Bandcamp)

White Ball is a song by Joe Hawley, Bora Karaca, and Zubin Sedghi. It is the 4th track on the album Hawaii: Part II. It was in part composed by Joachim Horsley, known for various contributions in film and notable for unusual genre-bending videos on YouTube.

The song is sung by Zubin Sedghi and Stephanie Keonig. An out-take of this song was included on Hawaii: Part II: Part ii where Zubin is messing around, misses his cue, and sings the song title instead of the first lyric.

Lyrics

Drift aloft in some effortless place
Bound by delicate dread
Saving no face

Air dissolves where one game is designed
Something's elegant find
So the program goes

Fate decides how these columns align
Birth by chess or benign
Every moment

Marble gods tango circles in space
Round the already dead
Hung by staircase
Up

On and on the awakening light will bathe
Slumbers of ethereal sights
Today is renewed
Is reborn
Each day
I am new
I am yours

So please dismiss what they claim about this
Being in vain to explain
How expressed with a kiss
Taking passionate steps
Floor suspending abyss
Such impossible bliss
Such impossible bliss
Such impossible bliss
Such impossible bliss
Such impossible bliss
Such impossible bliss

Adlibs Transcription

Zubin Sedghi: Yo, this is a Joe Hawley production.
...F***, I missed my introduction from that.

Stephanie Koenig: (Laughter) Ah yeah, swearing! Uhm...

ZS: Let me say that again, it's so disjointed that I'm not gonna get into a flow or anything.
...It sounded so genuine? White Ball--
That's-- That is just the title! (Laughter)

Ross Federman: We probably shouldn't--

Joe Hawley: What?

ZS: I panicked--

RF: We probably shouldn't include all of him saying "I'm not gonna get into a flow or anything."

ZS: Also, I panicked and I just read the first words that were on there! (Laughter)

Bridge Demo

Ever, the awakening light will bathe
Slumbers of eternal night
Today is renewed
And reborn
Each day
I am new
I am yours

So please dismiss wa-da-dada da da
(throat clearing)
Forgive me, I... I'm a little bit sick, so that might've sounded terrible, but hopefully you get the idea.

Personnel

Engineered by Bora Karaca at the Laboratory in Beverly Hills, CA
Music: Joe Hawley, Bora Karaca, Zubin Sedghi
Lyrics: Joe Hawley, Zubin Sedghi
Vocals: Stephanie Koenig, Zubin Sedghi
Electric Guitar: Joe Hawley
Electric Bass: Ryan Brady
Accordion & Castanets: Bora Karaca
Drum Kit: Ross Federman
Drum Engineering: Benjamin Collins, Ross Federman
Additional Violins: Jay Golden, Alyson Montez
String arrangements composed by Joe Hawley and Joachim Horsley