Tuesday, December 22, 2015

" Marble Idol"


This is one of only four songs from the Ashley Standing period to be recorded. I’m not very happy with the way it came out, in spite of the fact that the recording cost me a lot of money. Side note: the “brave and the bold” line in verse 2 is an homage to a Bicentennial play in which I participated in grade school. Woodlawn Elementary. It was a short musical called The Brave and the Bold, about Christopher Columbus. I had a few lines, and also had to run offstage from time to time to play something on either piano or trombone. It was one of my first theatrical experiences, and as bad as I’m sure it was, I enjoyed it immensely.


Marble Idol

© 1994 Brian Hutzell

With skillful blows of the chisel, I carve you
With well-aimed blows of the chisel, I carve you
Release the figure in the stone, like Venus rising from the foam
Lovely to look at, delightful to hold
Never to be broken, never controlled

You’re my golden calf, my marble idol
Beautiful, hard and cold
You’re my work of art, my marble idol
Michelangelo’s finest mold

On a lofty pedestal I display you
On a revealing pedestal, I display you
More than a statue in the park – a living sculpture with a heart
Lovely to look at, delightful to hold
An icon for the brave and the bold

You’re my golden calf, my marble idol
Beautiful, hard and cold
You’re my work of art, my marble idol
Michelangelo’s finest mold

What big hands you have
The better to touch you with, my dear
What big hands you have
The better to crush you with, my dear
What big hands you have
The better to slay the giant
All I want is your love and devotion
Love and emotion, love and protection
Protect me from the others like me

Lovely to look at, delightful to hold
Embodiment of my soul

You’re my golden calf, my marble idol
Beautiful, hard and cold
You’re my work of art, my marble idol
Michelangelo’s finest mold


“Sky Lapse”

Brian Hutzell
from Art Music


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