Monday, May 29, 2023

The Message

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Read your message 

Replied by text

Waiting for an answer

To what comes next


Sittin with my screen

What to expect 

Will you accept 

Or will you reject

 

Face appears 

What does it reflect?

Trying to dissect 

The image you erect


In this pixilated world

We're two small specks

How can we connect

How do we connect 


It’s in your head

It’s in your head

It's just a message

It's all a message


I'm like my folks

Marriage was a wreck

Didn't treat each other 

With any respect


I'll be direct

Your secret's been kept

But how would you feel

If I took the next step


In this pixilated world

We're two small specks

How can we connect

How do we connect 


It’s in your head

It’s in your head 

It's just a message

It's all a message

2 comments:

  1. Musically, this song seems to me to be the most complex and interesting one that you have composed so far. I love the percussion. It's a real toe-tapper. I am not as moved by the lyrics, though. To borrow your own barometer, they're not hitting me in the kishkas.

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    1. Agreed. About the lyrics. First time I wrote the music before the lyrics. So as usual you nail it. It was about the music this time. Wanted to write something up tempo. I’d always heard that there was a good reason that most hit songs are slow to moderate tempo. It’s because up tempo songs are hard to write well. I learned lesson the hard way. And getting it down without too many mistakes (there are plenty) was a bitch on my memo app. But I persisted. Not thrilled with the result but it is what it is. A ‘toe tapper’ I’ll take!

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