Darkness and shadow can be overwhelming. A friend showed me an experiment. He asked me to cup my hands so as to have a small pocket of darkness. He then asked me how much my pocket of darkness affected the room. Then He turned out the light and struck a match…
This song chronicles the crooked path I had to take from trying to salvage something that had changed forever to forgiveness of myself and my first wife. I had just watched The Buona Vista Social Club and my setting for this song kind of reflects that. I particularly loved "Chan Chan".
I used to see the sky
Reflected in your eyes
The stars, the clouds, The fireworks
Revealed your soul
But now they don’t look back
Except when they attack
There’s an overwhelming lack
And a gaping hole
The days are getting shorter
and the dark drags on forever
and the sleepless nights
so heartlessly provoke
now that shadow rules the day
the truth gets in the way
and the fading light’s
obscured by smudge and smoke
If we could find a balance
Between our torments and our talents,
Change our habits and create an equinox
We need something to remind us
Of another place to find us
Than between the proverbial
Hard place and the rocks
Come into the light
Keep it in your sight
Let the stars above
Illuminate your soul
Forget about your ghosts
‘cause life’s too short to host
resentments, hatred
will never make you whole