Common Sense - Christmas Island ("LAKE" cover)
Description:This is a cover of the song "Christmas Island" by the indie pop band LAKE, from
their
2009 album "Let's Build a Roof". It's also more commonly known as the end credits theme of the show
Adventure Time.
Why did I do such a random cover? Well, I kept having this idea of having a "Loud Quiet Loud" Pixies style dynamic on this song, keeping the verses clean like the original song (well, it's not 1:1. It's still my interpretation) and having the choruses be distorted with heavy guitars.
I also tried to keep the 70s vibe of the original by panning some instruments, and putting some reverb here and there. This is, as of October 2025, the song I've recorded with the most synthesizers. I think there's at least 3 different synths in this track. Let's just say my PC doesn't like it when I open the FL Studio project.
Also! My favorite tidbit is that the last chorus and verse are from "Island Song" instead of "Christmas Island".
My other favorite tidbit, that I just learned.. is that they played this song again live as a full band recently, on March 14th 2025. Check it out it sounds wonderful. Ashley is a much better singer than I am lol
Lyrics:
Why did I do such a random cover? Well, I kept having this idea of having a "Loud Quiet Loud" Pixies style dynamic on this song, keeping the verses clean like the original song (well, it's not 1:1. It's still my interpretation) and having the choruses be distorted with heavy guitars.
I also tried to keep the 70s vibe of the original by panning some instruments, and putting some reverb here and there. This is, as of October 2025, the song I've recorded with the most synthesizers. I think there's at least 3 different synths in this track. Let's just say my PC doesn't like it when I open the FL Studio project.
Also! My favorite tidbit is that the last chorus and verse are from "Island Song" instead of "Christmas Island".
My other favorite tidbit, that I just learned.. is that they played this song again live as a full band recently, on March 14th 2025. Check it out it sounds wonderful. Ashley is a much better singer than I am lol
- Christmas Island
Come along with me
To a place beside the sea
We can wander through the forest
And do so as we please
Come along with me
To a cliff under a tree
Where we can gaze upon the water
As an everlasting dream
All of my affections
I give them all to you
Maybe by next summer
We won't have changed our tunes
I still want to be
In this place beside the sea
Making up new numbers
And living so merrily
All of my collections
I'll share them all with you
I'll be here for you always
And always be for you
Come along with me
And the butterflies and bees
We can wander through the forest
And do so as we please
Living so merrily
- written by: LAKE and Ashley Eriksson
- guitar, bass - sonikast
- synthesizers n drums programmed by sonikast
- mixed and produced by sonikast
- recorded on June 28th 2024
- released officially on the second OZMACord Tribute Album, Rock To Obscurity
...alongside my shitty Oh Lisa cover.