Friday, October 30, 2015

"Storm"


I wanted to write a one-chord song for Plastic Mikey, and this is the result.


Current listening: The Partridge Family, Notebook

Storm

© 1995 Brian Hutzell

The sun did not shine
It was too wet to play
Outside the storm raged away
Inside my humor turned gray
Crash-landing my new model plane
In the turbulence brought on by rain
This is not a good game

Weather, weather the storm
Weather, weather the storm

This is the calm before the storm
Pressed underneath its heaving scorn
On the surface it looks comfortable and warm
But the blanket of security’s been torn
Didn’t hear the thunder
Didn't see the lightening
Didn’t feel the electronic web around us tightening
But I caught the anger
In the aimless violence
Read the writing on the wall in the sullen silence

Weather, weather the storm
Weather, weather the storm

This is the calm before the storm
The room where history is born
Cut through and through with flashing sword
Leaving the lessons unexplored
Didn’t hear the bullets
That fell like raindrops
Didn't feel the hail that hit my head like hurricane shots

Weather, weather the storm
Weather, weather the storm

This is the calm before the storm
The stage is set for us to perform
We'd better act before it pours



“Honey, Mars is melting!”

Brian Hutzell
from MMXIII Variations, Part 1: Square Feet

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