Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The Stroke of Mid-Day

So today in drawing class we had to go out and sketch a landscape. No big deal, right? Wrong. 1-3pm, in mid-July, in the hill country wilderness - hotter than hell, son. This song is a true story.

The Stroke of Mid-Day

I moved out under the sun
And I tell ya true, my friend
That day was a hot one

My feet found a stony path
It led me to a lizard baking
In a cactus patch

My head was throbbing from the heat
That's when the wise lizard asked me,
"What truths do you seek?"

I laid my body at his throne of thorns
And rest my head inside a cradle
Of broken whitetail horns

The yellow grass became a sea
The purple sky claimed I had died
But my soul was lingering

And lo, from on the mountain
I heard his thunderous voice
The Lizard King in crown and ring
Was offering me a choice and he said:

"Would you care to roll with me
To the hill countries of eternity?
I can give to you the peace you desire
Or I can send you back
Back to where the waters lack
Way back down that stony track
The choice is up to you"

And how I longed to hold his leathery hand
And walk beside him into that endless land
But I rode the solstice sun back across the summer sky
Stepped off at the horizon
That's where we waved goodbye

When I opened up my eyes
My salty skin was being cleansed
By a murder of deer flies

I couldn't move I couldn't scream
And to my utter sorrow the lizard
Was nowhere to be seen

But then inside my mind echoed his sweet voice
When in his vast reptilian mercy
He'd offered up his choice when he'd said:

"Would you care to roll with me
To the hill countries of eternity?
I can give to you the peace you desire
Or I can send you back
Back to where the waters lack
Way back down that stony track
The choice is up to you"

Sunday, July 5, 2009

The Cold Night of Winter


Initial concept for a song I made up today called 'The Cold Night of Winter'.
No, I'm not the best singer.
Yes, I have fun pretending.

Cutting More Tracks


For the 4th 'O J weekend I went down to Montgomery and worked on the album with Stephen. We spent most of our time hashing out a song called 'Stephen the Gnome', which I think is one of our best so far.

We also watched 'Underworld: Rise of the Lycans' on PPV, which was inspiring.