Music
Last Thursday and Saturday, Sus and I went into the studio to make a CD for her to send to college. We recorded two songs, one written by her, and the other written by both of us.
"I'm Coming Down"
Shut the door, I'm home again
just try to keep your peace
I'm running in triangles
because you say circles are too commonplace
You open your wounds with a tactless blade
and bask them in the sun
soon I'll move them to the shade
and close them one by one
but we both see through your deep brown looking-glass eyes
into the rain
Drifting in langour, you exhale pure poetry
eye contact shifts, and just for a moment, we
synthesize energy, the sun-soaked retreat
please be my antidote for this blaze of heat
Your mind snaps through as you pause at the building
you tell me it's no, but, hey, you still bring me
inside and outside and back in
we both understood that our skin was too thin
but we could feign
Flying in circles, the engine's gone limp
rest your eyes, rest your eyes
lay there longingly, breathing your lust
I say no, but you say you must
be coming down
with a notion
Shrug up your shoulders
stiff up your lips
I'm coming down, I'm coming down now
with a notion
aren't you?
"Lover Dearest"
Please take my hand and lead me far away from here
then tell me all my vicious dreams will reappear
do let me into your new shrine
so I can get you where I want you
do let me tell you you are mine
so I can get you where I want you
you seem so close to me, my darling
you, downstream from me, you tell me where you're going
Take a break from being your own best friend
and let me into some of the wonder
wide awake, they sit and pretend you're alive there
but you don't hear the thunder
I can't see you if you cover my eyes, no, no
I can't see you if you cover my eyes, lover dearest
So wipe my hand across your face, for the kind few
the scars are much too deep to trace, but they blind you
cut the strings and hide the things that confine you
they won't find you
silence brings godawful things to remind you
they won't find you
you seem so close to me, my darling
you, downstream from me, you tell me where you're going
Take a break from being your own best friend
and let me into some of the wonder
wide awake, they sit and pretend you're alive there
but you don't hear the thunder
I can't see you if you cover my eyes, no, no
I won't see you if you cover my eyes, lover dearest
Everything will melt if you ignore it long enough.
This is poised to be something very cool. More to come, eventually.
"I'm Coming Down"
Shut the door, I'm home again
just try to keep your peace
I'm running in triangles
because you say circles are too commonplace
You open your wounds with a tactless blade
and bask them in the sun
soon I'll move them to the shade
and close them one by one
but we both see through your deep brown looking-glass eyes
into the rain
Drifting in langour, you exhale pure poetry
eye contact shifts, and just for a moment, we
synthesize energy, the sun-soaked retreat
please be my antidote for this blaze of heat
Your mind snaps through as you pause at the building
you tell me it's no, but, hey, you still bring me
inside and outside and back in
we both understood that our skin was too thin
but we could feign
Flying in circles, the engine's gone limp
rest your eyes, rest your eyes
lay there longingly, breathing your lust
I say no, but you say you must
be coming down
with a notion
Shrug up your shoulders
stiff up your lips
I'm coming down, I'm coming down now
with a notion
aren't you?
"Lover Dearest"
Please take my hand and lead me far away from here
then tell me all my vicious dreams will reappear
do let me into your new shrine
so I can get you where I want you
do let me tell you you are mine
so I can get you where I want you
you seem so close to me, my darling
you, downstream from me, you tell me where you're going
Take a break from being your own best friend
and let me into some of the wonder
wide awake, they sit and pretend you're alive there
but you don't hear the thunder
I can't see you if you cover my eyes, no, no
I can't see you if you cover my eyes, lover dearest
So wipe my hand across your face, for the kind few
the scars are much too deep to trace, but they blind you
cut the strings and hide the things that confine you
they won't find you
silence brings godawful things to remind you
they won't find you
you seem so close to me, my darling
you, downstream from me, you tell me where you're going
Take a break from being your own best friend
and let me into some of the wonder
wide awake, they sit and pretend you're alive there
but you don't hear the thunder
I can't see you if you cover my eyes, no, no
I won't see you if you cover my eyes, lover dearest
Everything will melt if you ignore it long enough.
This is poised to be something very cool. More to come, eventually.