(post by Leisl)
For years, Brian and I have kept a notebook ready for writing down different phrases that come to mind or that we overhear or that we read. We have pages and pages of disjointed phrases! Back in 2010, before we even had this wonderful group of musicians assembled, Brian had written this wonderfully happy piece of music that reminded me very much of the times I spent as a child on the harbors and beaches of LaMaddalena, but it needed words. As a challenge, we decided to see if I could tie a bunch of these mismatched phrases together into some sort of story for a song. It worked out fabulously! (We were even able to use a phrase our youngest uttered one summer morning: "I love the smell of Saturdays!") The chorus proved to be a bit more challenging for me. We had spent quite some time trying to make some of these phrases work, but no luck. It wasn't until I was so frustrated by the effort and felt a headache coming on that I threw up my hands and announced, "What do I know? I can't even see right now. The sun is shining in my eyes & it hurts." "That's it!" Brian declared, "That's your chorus! Now sing it."
What Did I Know?
I’m waiting for the snow to fall
And wondering if it really will
This time
I’m waiting quietly
For something exciting
But all I really know is that
Another life has been born
And I’m one step closer,
Two steps closer now to being
Not so far behind
What did I know?
I couldn’t see at all
The sun was shining in my eyes
I love the smell of Saturday
When everything is not what it seems
Frustrating bits of time
Where everybody is alive
I’m dancing like the flame
Of a candle in jar
Where everybody is alive
Everybody is, but the patient
What did I know?
I couldn’t see at all
The sun was shining in my eyes
I wonder every day
That somebody else is wondering with me
He just sort of mumbled
Then shook my hand and walked away
I feel like a hermit
In my own mind
This is a place
Where even evergreens
Even evergreens know their season
What did I know?
I couldn’t see at all
The sun was shining in my eyes
For years, Brian and I have kept a notebook ready for writing down different phrases that come to mind or that we overhear or that we read. We have pages and pages of disjointed phrases! Back in 2010, before we even had this wonderful group of musicians assembled, Brian had written this wonderfully happy piece of music that reminded me very much of the times I spent as a child on the harbors and beaches of LaMaddalena, but it needed words. As a challenge, we decided to see if I could tie a bunch of these mismatched phrases together into some sort of story for a song. It worked out fabulously! (We were even able to use a phrase our youngest uttered one summer morning: "I love the smell of Saturdays!") The chorus proved to be a bit more challenging for me. We had spent quite some time trying to make some of these phrases work, but no luck. It wasn't until I was so frustrated by the effort and felt a headache coming on that I threw up my hands and announced, "What do I know? I can't even see right now. The sun is shining in my eyes & it hurts." "That's it!" Brian declared, "That's your chorus! Now sing it."
What Did I Know?
I’m waiting for the snow to fall
And wondering if it really will
This time
I’m waiting quietly
For something exciting
But all I really know is that
Another life has been born
And I’m one step closer,
Two steps closer now to being
Not so far behind
What did I know?
I couldn’t see at all
The sun was shining in my eyes
I love the smell of Saturday
When everything is not what it seems
Frustrating bits of time
Where everybody is alive
I’m dancing like the flame
Of a candle in jar
Where everybody is alive
Everybody is, but the patient
What did I know?
I couldn’t see at all
The sun was shining in my eyes
I wonder every day
That somebody else is wondering with me
He just sort of mumbled
Then shook my hand and walked away
I feel like a hermit
In my own mind
This is a place
Where even evergreens
Even evergreens know their season
What did I know?
I couldn’t see at all
The sun was shining in my eyes
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