the 09-11 are just the track numbers on the inricycled compilation (9, 11 are the intro and ending, 10 is boogeyman). that demo version was done up when i was fifteen, but is a little older and ultimately stems from being told to lock the door at night. i guess i was probably more like ten at the time. when it started getting dark at night, my mom would yell at me to go lock the door before the boogeyman came in to get us. but, she'd be a little dramatic about it. kind of a...
mom: shhh. do you hear that?
me: it's getting dark, maybe it's...
mom: it's the boogeyman! go run and lock the door before he comes in and gets us!
so, i'd get up and run to the front door and lock it, peering out to make sure there was nobody there.
i don't think i ever thought a boogeyman existed, but i didn't grow up in an affluent neighbourhood and i was well aware of the dangers of straying too far from home after night. i didn't understand much about drugs or gangs at the time, i just knew that sometimes people died of gunshot wounds outside and didn't want to be stuck in the wrong place at the wrong time. it was legitimately important to block off entrance points.
the run had a bit of a rush of adrenaline-based fear to it, because the hallway was dark. getting to the door and back could at times be a little scary.
by 15, i'd grown out of that, but the song is a memory of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gTfycvt1VU
