So Long Ago

My first attempt at song lyrics… I’ve been wanting to write song lyrics for a long time, and a few days ago I was listening to a Silversun Pickups song, Kissing Families, it’s so beautiful, I love that it has a cello and the vocals are amazing, he has such a unique voice. I was so inspired that I felt compelled to write my own lyrics, not to replace theirs, which are exquisite, but because I felt these words so powerfully while I was listening to this song. So anyway, here’s my version, called “So Long Ago.” Now if only I can find a vocalist to record the lyrics I’d be happy. It feels weird to read the lyrics of a song without the music, so listen to the song and then try to envision my lyrics over the ones that are there. I know you can do it.

The season fell, last drop of rain

A tree’s regret, we felt a sting

Your burnt sketch a pile of ash, so what

 

I’m not there are you?

 

Our first kiss, I can’t recall

Climbing the ladder to let go of it all

Your broken record my solace ’til now

It’s your gaping affliction from a stained past,

The tarnished heart that you possess.

 

My nudity is forgotten and beautiful,

But now I’m gone and you’re too late.

It’s that I’m forgotten and ruined now.

So soon you’re gone and it’s too late.

 

Thank God our love is now closed.

 

Now the season’s gone, it seems too late.

It seems too late.

 

Well, sure as Hell your heart’s so close!

My window still calls, I see your face

The blinding gash, in me, you’ll never feel

But now I’m gone and you’re too late

 

Well, I think it was you I wanted that day!

It’s so long ago that I can’t say

The sound of your voice, your kiss, your face and neck.

Well, now that’s gone and I’m too late.

Thank God it’s over…