Indestructible

Indestructible - (3:26) 115 bpm (Solid rock song about a guy that comes off hard and tough, but is he?)

Contact: Mark Lightcap
530-801-1216 mlightcap1@msn.com

Songwriter: Mark R. Lightcap - ASCAP

Publishing: Chester Street Publishing - ASCAP

ISRC: QZYFK2400028

Recorded at: Bad Daddy Studios


There was a guy back in high school who walked around campus like he owned everything and everybody. He'd have a different girlfriend every other month. I (Mark Lightcap) remember wishing I had his confidence and toughness. He was the star on the football team and we played on the same baseball team, however we were never friends, more like acquaintances.

One of his many girlfriends was a friend of mine from grade school. Although we'd never been romantically involved we really liked each other and would sometimes reveal our innermost thoughts. After she had broken up with "Mr. Tough-guy" I was talking with her one day and asked her what happened. She said that on the surface he seemed really together and confident, but as soon as things became a little more involved and they started growing closer, he called it off. My friend figured he was actually pretty insecure and that the tough-guy exterior was just an act. That below that emotional armor he wore, might have been a tender loving person that he never let anyone see. She said that if he didn't figure out how to reveal his real self he'd probably end up all alone.

Quite a few years later I ran into him at the grocery store. His tough-guy good looks had taken a beating as he was balding and had a pretty substantial gut hanging over his pants. We said hi and I asked him how he was doing. He said he lived alone in an apartment and worked remotely for a computer tech company. He'd never been married and had no family to speak of. When we parted ways I couldn't help but think of my friend's comment back in high school, that he'd end up all alone if he didn't figure out how to reveal his real self. Two week later I wrote "Indestructible."

I created "Indestructible" on an acoustic guitar but I wanted the song to sound powerful. I'd always been a fan of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" where the bass guitar and crunchy electric guitar double each other. That is what I started with, laying down that solid bottom. I had a lot of fun with this production, adding harmony lead guitars on the instrumental and fills, and weaving together intricate background vocals during the "tag". This production was like putting together a puzzle, force the pieces to fit and I'd be in big trouble, put it together right and it would sound great.

Lead vocal: Mark Lightcap Lead guitar: Lightcap Rhythm guitar: Spohr Backing vocals: Carini/Spohr/Marelich Drums: Carini Bass guitar: Scott Hilke (R.I.P.)