This is the song that re-ignited my desire to write and record my own material again, after a bit of a break from doing so.
I wasn't 100% sure where I was taking it musically when I started, although I had the lyrical theme pretty much sorted. However, it got to a point where I just thought "You know what, I reckon that's finished, that is" and left it as it was. I'm pleased I did so, because it could have got over-egged if I'd spent more time on it.
lyrics
Hurricane passed my way,
washed away my defences,
Seemed to do me no harm,
Maybe it just numbed my senses.
Every lesson in love,
heartache, indifference or bliss,
Finally had a reason,
Had all lead straight up to this,
Plans were laid and friends were made,
I let myself be drawn,
She gave away no clues that
It could so soon be so long.
What we all took for love,
Was merely her obsession,
A trait so familiar,
This one’s just another lesson.
It’s this...
That your joy is your sorrow unmasked,
Look into your soul,
How else can it be?
While one sits along at your board,
The other is asleep in your bed.
If she’d only stuck around,
I’d have flown her to the moon,
The irony’s not lost,
That she flew away so so soon,
I thought she’d been a coward,
Made a rash decision,
She’d been more brave than I would,
If I was in the same position.
This may sound a maudlin tale,
Of one losing his head,
Dismay not my friend,
The truth is simply this one’s not dead.
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked,
How else can it be?
Look into your soul,
While one sits along at your board,
The other is asleep in your bed.
Hurricane passed my way,
Seemed to do me no harm,
Now a distant memory,
The love and truth has all but gone.
credits
from The Honey Dance / No Subject,
released July 9, 2011
Written, performed, recorded and produced by Albert Freeman.
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