Monday, August 25, 2008

Thunder

I wrote this piece in 1991 for a show that was created called "Surrender". I don't know if you are familiar with a Libretto. A libretto is a form of musical where you have your screen play and a separate section for the music.

For the next few posts I will be introducing to you a series of songs in lyric that I wrote specifically for this production called "Surrender". Surrender is a story of a man in addiction who has hit his bottom and is starting on the road to recovery. He has joined a long term recovery program. The story takes you through what it is like to experience what every recovering person goes through.

Understanding why I wrote these lyrics will help you understand them for what they truly are.


Thunder


Living in peace, is a time
When all evil is at end
The infinite flow of time
Glides slowly through the hands

Like a warm breeze blowing into a cold.

I don’t understand, the treacherous ways
Of living in a sinful space
When serenity lies, in the hand
I just have to turn and face it

Like a warm breeze blowing into a cold.

When I look in my mind
The infinite glow of memories,
Some good, some bad
Run slowly into each other and the crash of thunder

Like a warm breeze blowing into a cold.

See the never ending veins of lightning
Crashing through my heart
As the sun shines through my eyes,
And warms my face

Like a warm breeze blowing into a cold.

The thunder lies within
Crashing through you like a stampede
Ravaging your soul
And sifting through the pieces that you’re left with
All in all

Like a warm breeze blowing into a cold

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Nothing To Laugh About


Why do I feel the way that I do
When I’m upstairs in my head
When the world comes crashing down upon you
I should be laughing instead

But what is there to laugh about
When the whole world is crying
Just a smile won’t help anymore
The world needs something
But I don’t know what it is
At least I know I need more

Just to be happy is all that I ask
And not to feel dead inside
The frown on my face is only a mask
I’m putting it all aside

But what is there to laugh about
When the whole world’s in self destruct
People just don’t understand
Well I can procrastinate
And just sit and stagnate
I’m just washing my hands
Of what we just don’t understand