I really like the opening verse on this one. I love stuffing rapid-fire-sound-bites with a rhythmic feel inside a clever rhyme. The rest is an over-simplified summary of what life must be like for a rich, spoiled kid. You are always dripping with the attitude that you EARNED the beauty that has paid for your lifestyle.
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Me pouting again about the music industry of late. The first verse refers to tinnitus. Another aspect of life as a musician. There are skills and crafts needed to write great songs. Today – most just push a button.
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This looks like a challenge in rhyme schemes! Short descriptions and observations from day to day. A good look at where I used to be. It is the silence that destroys. This might become a song this year. I like a number of the topics and the meter helps keep the lyrics moving smoothly.
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This was a collaboration project. A fellow musician wanted lyrics for a slow piano ballad piece he was working on. So I wrote a love story from a mid-life perspective. Simple themes: Heart, wife, children and home. I don’t want to go to sleep if you will not be there when I wake.
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I am a step-father, as well as having my own biological units to claim. My father left when I was young. My step daughter had a similar experience, as do millions of children. I tried to sum up those feelings for all of us.
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As a younger person I compared the ideas of being stuck in a loop or spinning in a spiral. We see repeated patterns as we age. Thoughts of giving up are dangerous if you think nothing changes and you aren’t getting anywhere. But we are always moving, and the more we steer ourselves, the more effect it has on where we end up. Each turn of the spiral is another chance.
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Really fast trying to get up a hill and then all of a sudden I wasn’t! I am 70 years old but I still try to get out and ride my bike as often as I can. Fortunately around my town they have a lot of paths that are off-road so I don’t have to compete with traffic. Unfortunately, as I was completing my bike ride, I drove through a local university campus. For some reason they had a couple of large cones or pylons and rope between them blocking off a crosswalk. It was too late for me to see the rope and I barely had time to hit my brakes.
I spent most of Sunday at the emergency room shortly thereafter. After a bunch of x-rays and CT scans no real damage but I’m not going to be moving my shoulder anytime soon.
I guess they never heard of caution tape!
Yes, for those interested in safety, I was wearing my helmet and safety gear. I think it could have been a lot worse had I not had years of martial arts training. They teach you how to hit the ground and how to roll without getting hurt. It could have been a lot worse for a 70-year-old man!
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Frankly I forgot about this one. I like the chorus. There are some good phrases and concepts here. I understand why it never became a song. Maybe I will get it back out and use some of it for a song in the next decade or so.
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A lyrical mirage in a number of ways. As I get older, my dependence on force of habit to get me thought most actions and projects is starting to show its weakness. Simple routines are no interrupted by a ‘memory misdirect’. I am thinking about picking up my tea cup, but instead I pick up the jar of honey next to it. I started calling these events ‘miss-fires’. They are harmless now, but I imagine it could wind up serious one day.
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From the other side of a break-up, nothing seems to make sense. The first question is, ‘why’, but it is only the beginning no matter what the answer was. One day you are thinking you have this life in the bag, but as soon as they leave you, you won’t have time to fasten your seat belt.
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