Daybreak and the mist is still to rise up from the plain To wake the dancer in my head who brings the rain Still the shadows of the past are ever there Clinging like an unforgotten perfume in the air I must erase it all Leave the theatre now before the curtain call
And how to rediscover birth? As my old tormentors cry That it's far more than I am worth I have to make this spirit fly
If life's a game I missed the cut The door to the secret slammed tight shut A grey existence year to year Living in twilight there's nothing to fear And the dancer finds a measured tread The rain comes down inside my head And I'm falling by the wayside once again Once again
Into the unknown nothing's certain In between now and the final curtain The window on my troubled soul Is just another pigeonhole For all I wish I'd never done I guess that I was born to run
So it will begin This journey deep within No suitcase for my memory Or familiar face to tempt me back To worlds of discontent I was all I ever meant But my sentiments are worn It's time my spirit was reborn Before the dancer takes the floor
Somewhere there has to be inspiration Something beyond self-preservation Stop the noise end this distraction Turn on the lights, camera, action
And the dancer takes the floor again To a hurricane of doubt Will traces of the past remain When the demons are cast out? I only meant the best for all The people that I touched But every one as I recall They wanted far too much Far too much
And I'll find my way through chaos Of passing showers and waking hours Of dreaming days and towers and mazes Cathedral choirs and crumbling spires With open eyes to love's disguise I'll stay on track I'll turn my back I'll find my feet I'll walk the streets Till heaven's into view I'll find my place and show my face to you Show my face to you
Song Information
This is not a conventional song. There's no verse, no chorus. It's a journey that will take you through some of the places that it's taken me this last...
This is not a conventional song. There's no verse, no chorus. It's a journey that will take you through some of the places that it's taken me this last week or so. Thanks for listening!
10/29/17 07:12:45AM @bamil:
Excellent music work Chris and lovable spirit when it comes to express through your melodies 👍🎸🎶
10/23/17 08:50:27PM @avmo:
What a great track. Your vocals are outstanding...especially when you double them.
10/23/17 11:38:25AM @farrell-jackson:
Wow what an epic song! It's good to hear something now and then without the standard structure. Some very personal lyric you've written Chris. Sometimes the personal nature of lyric will evade the listener but not in this case.....at least not for me. There's plenty of room for interpretation. Nicely done!
Farrell
10/18/17 01:34:54AM @gary-shukoski:
Beautiful piece sir! I love all the places this piece takes me. It has an overall uplifting and epic feel to it. I love all the different progressions here. Well done!
10/11/17 03:36:30PM @david-c-deal:
Very painful lyrics my friend. The rain comes down in my head all to often as well. Beautiful expression.
10/11/17 02:24:42PM @ronbowes:
Pleasant meandering song Chris. a song without structure and yet structured. Rivalling me on the prolific front
Somerset, United KingdomContact Joined July 17, 2008
Biography
Hey All, great to be here on the Mix - the best indie site of them all!I've done my share of playing in bands over the years. Started out playing the piano...
Hey All, great to be here on the Mix - the best indie site of them all!
I've done my share of playing in bands over the years. Started out playing the piano at 4 years old, taught by my father, who had music coming out of every pore in his body. My first ever band was when I was 13, playing with my brother and a couple of friends from the village where we grew up in the south-west of England. Trouble is my brother was 15, and he played keyboards too, and he was bigger than me, so I bought my first electric guitar from Woolworths for £15 and set to learning that.
Never got too good on the guitar, and when a couple of years later my brother left to join another band, I went back to the keyboards. Moved to London when I was 19, and got into a semi-pro band playing early 80s new romantic stuff, then quit my day job and joined a pro band playing jazz-funk around Europe for a while. Finally ended up in Edinburgh, where I picked up another day job and joined a band playing all over Scotland for the next 5 years.
Then came about 15 years of being "sensible" and making a career for myself in London, while I watched my brother playing on just about every major stage in the world and one or two old friends becoming household names. I came back to music in 2004, after I moved to France to get away from the rat-race, but it didn't last too long, and I was soon back to commuting to London every week to earn a living again. Moved back to the UK in 2013 and finally gave up the day job in London in 2016, after a weekly routine of planes and trains that lasted for nearly 12 years. During the last four years, we got a band together at my company in London, and won the battle of the bands in London's financial sector twice in three years, both times at the O2 Academy in Islington - it almost made me feel like a rock star...
So soon, once all the work on our house on the edge of Exmoor (Somerset, south west England) is finished, I'll be able to spend more time writing and recording. For now, apart from working on the house and the garden, I'm keeping fit with our year-old German Shepherd out in the hills, getting a few musical ideas down and will maybe come up with a new song from time to time.
The main bits of gear I'm using are a Roland FA-08 and a Korg M50, an old Roland EP95 piano (bought in 1998!) and a Korg X5, and my old Jackson guitar makes an appearance now and then. One day I'll get my studio finished!
Excellent music work Chris and lovable spirit when it comes to express through your melodies 👍🎸🎶
What a great track. Your vocals are outstanding...especially when you double them.
Wow what an epic song! It's good to hear something now and then without the standard structure. Some very personal lyric you've written Chris. Sometimes the personal nature of lyric will evade the listener but not in this case.....at least not for me. There's plenty of room for interpretation. Nicely done!
Farrell
Beautiful piece sir! I love all the places this piece takes me. It has an overall uplifting and epic feel to it. I love all the different progressions here. Well done!
Very painful lyrics my friend. The rain comes down in my head all to often as well. Beautiful expression.
Pleasant meandering song Chris. a song without structure and yet structured. Rivalling me on the prolific front