I’ll be the first to admit this one’s a bit contrite.
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Still, the sentiment stands.
I see you’d make a fine woman for a fine man
I think you’d keep a fire alive
To me, you’re as tender as life really can be, and one day
I’ll tend to that fire in your eyes
Though like life, lights will dim.
The sun has not always been.
When I feel my head come undone, I must find you.
Your thread has a mending vibration.
As long as I can see, you’re my Lady Chani.
You are the Oracle in me.
Though it’s hard to champion through
All those things we are bound to lose,
How easy to be with you
Maybe? I could have sworn that we have passed each other frequently. Anyway, you look good! Well, from what I remember, I mean. Not that you didn’t then, though! If that was even you… which… man, I really thought I knew you from somewhere.
Well now that we’re no longer strangers, I’ve got something to give you. It’s part of what’s been taking up so much of my time, lately. These are the demos I’ve done so far for this year’s RPM challenge.
I’ve been thinking a lot about mortality lately. I feel such a life within myself, handed down by generations of ancestors; yet in order to grow, I’ve been taught to look towards the future. How can I depend on something that hasn’t even existed yet, and why should I just ignore thousands of years of cultural anthropology?
I prefer to think of the past as receding before me, with the future sneaking up from behind.
So in these songs, there are several references; to time, the ancient, the future, eternity, and where the thread of my life is woven among those strands.
Remember that Alvin and The Chipmunks classic? Well, put it through the magic of seasonal depression, Burton-esque nightmares, and my own boredom and you get this:
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Merry & Jolly to you.
These are a collection of quick demos compiled on September 30, 2009. They represent songs in-progress, and so they may be unfinished and are most definitely unpolished. Other than that, I make no excuses. Enjoy.
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