Lyrics are part sport and part visual art. As sport, the act of clarifying thoughts and crafting lyrical lines and phrases demands strategy, focus, and action. As art, it requires shaping vague thoughts into a visual and tangible form that reflect elements of human emotion.
For me, it’s become the most thought-provoking aspect of my artistic journey. Some lyrics come quickly and reveal themselves as if having a conversation with a friend. Other lyrics are wrought with struggle and require days to determine the best words to deliver the song’s core message.
Below are some of my song lyrics as I realize not all words are clearly heard when surrounded by a full musical production. Please don’t read too much into my ramblings, as humor seeps into my thoughts more often than not.
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ALBUM LYRICS
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Time and space fade away
Feel the beat of drums
Mind and heart run astray
Hear the sound of voices
(repeat)
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I hitch a ride with you on a carnival train
You stare me down, then the merries go round in my brain
Your spell is mesmerizing
You say sit back, relax, enjoyriding
I’m getting taken, this horse is breaking
I got a thing for you that I can’t undo
You set the stage to execute your coup
A story as old as time
The spectators laugh as they watch me, watch me, watch me unwind
They set up the tents, the rides, and the cons outside Reno
You dance for tips in back of a mobile casino
Goon puts his hand on your thigh
I rare back and black his eye
The trailer is quaking, this horse is breaking
I got a thing for you that I can’t undo
You set the stage to execute your coup
A story as old as time
The spectators gasp as they watch me, watch me, watch me unwind
We’re making love under the stars
Headlights approach, some long black cars
Goon wants revenge, is this where it ends?
Lights out!
They left me here on the side of a desert highway
Naked and beaten, a run over rattler coiled sideways
Why should I stand surprised
Just stick out my thumb and ditch my pride
Train’s left the station, but this horse is breaking
I got a thing for you that I can’t undo
You set the stage to execute your coup
A story lost in time
The spectators scoff as they watch me, watch me, watch me … unwind
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In the spotlight
Lives the hot life
Where you must stand on your own
Half protected
Half rejected
You turn your heart into stone
In the spotlight
Lives the taut hype
Your life is never your own
Now ends your charade
How your star fades
Rise up or die all alone
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Turn on the juice and start this record spinnin’
We’re lettin’ loose, it’s only the beginnin’
Lockstep in rhythm, a tango beat for two
You’re the tweedle in my tune
And I’m the needle in your groove
Tempo’s just right to get these bottoms shakin’
We walk the tightrope, acrobats awakened
Toes ‘cross the dance floor, a ballet impromptu
You’re the tweedle in my tune
And I’m the needle in your groove
One more sashay or two more fancy steps
We hang together, a pair of marionettes
You pull my strings girl, swing’em fro and to
‘Cause you’re the tweedle in my tune
And I’m the needle in your groove
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On the longboard
That's how we ride
On the longboard
Standing ten toes high
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Feature Lyric
Sea’s Beautiful Daughters
When Sun says wake up, a new day
He breaks through our slumbering haze
We rise to greet the waters
Sea’s beautiful daughters, her waves
Then Sky draws a breath, Sea replies
The wind and the waves harmonize
Three daughters swell, demoiselles
We dance atop their glass heaven high
When Sun says goodbye to the day
And Sea begs us catch her last wave
We surf into the shoreline
And witness Sky’s deep reds turning gray
Then Moon says hello to the night
We bathe in her beams silv’ry white
While Sea retreats in reverie
The mem’ry of her waves holds us tight