Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Chasing Rainbows

This is a song I've been playing (ooh, how about futzing? or fiddling?) around with for a few months but for which I can't seem to find the rest of the words. My hope is that I can hack away at it a little at a time; perhaps seeing it here will spark my muse. So far I only have the chorus:

Everything
Everything I ever wanted was you

If you can’t find me

I’m chasing my rainbows around
With my eyes on the ground
And if I should lose my path
Will you be there when I'm lost
Like you promised you would?

I realize this is not much, and not particularly good. But it's all about those first two lines. I wrote them down on a Post-It a while ago and stuck it in my pocket, which is how I work. I have a journal I carry with me (and a pocket projector and a Trapper Keeper and a Slinky) but I tend to rely on the Post-Its or whatever scrap piece of paper I find. I take it out and scribble ideas down and work it out like that until either the song is done, or I've decided it's not worth pursuing, or the paper is so beat-up it's taken on the texture of a tissue. I also realize as I post these lyrics to songs that no one has yet heard that I am the only one with the luxury of knowing the melody that goes along with the words.

Typical me, I write four sentences, and it takes me three paragraphs to explain those four sentences.

Anyway, I'll keep adding to the song as I go. In the meantime, I am considering posting a long short story I have, in chapters. To be honest, I have no idea how much traffic my blog here gets, so my audience could be small, but I'll post it anyway.

Happy reading :)

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