So recently I have asked many questions about certain subjects but find that the answers given to me are contrasting with each other. One answer seems like the obvious truth but the other is being delivered in what could be signs...I don't know what to believe. Is the answer in your face or in the signs???? Anyway I went to a regular film night with some friends in which a certain persons gets the pleasure of choosing a film for us to watch each week, this week's choice was Serendipity starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale, one of the characters is very superstitious. The film made me think, and I walked away believing that signs (not as obvious as in the film) are messages sent from heaven to steer us in the right direction. So that's what this song is about, do we create our own path or is it already written and down to fate?? If you have your own opinion please share it just may help in my decision making...all help is appreciated!!
Verse 1
Stars and cards and mystic glass
and all that stuff in between,
like leaves and dreams, tell me what do you see
do you see a place for you and me?
Bridge
Is the answer already made or is it one we create?
Is in down to me or is it up to fate?
Chorus
Do I find it far from home
Is it out of my control
Is it in the break of the day
Or found in the evening shade?
Verse 2
A name, a place, a gesture made
Tells me I belong to you
Do I brace for the chase, do I give up to fate
Is one but holding the truth
Bridge
Do both paths go separate ways
Or do they reach the same place
Is it irony
Or is it fate?
Chorus
Do I find it far from home
Is it out of my control
Is it in the break of the day
Or found in the evening shade?
Tag
Is it up to me to create
Or is it down to the hands of fate?
Karl Smitherman © 2012 published 2012
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Monday 9 July 2012
The Ultimate Goodbye
This song speaks about change from a man to a woman...JOKES. The song is set in a moment between two separate parts of life, one of them the life you're leaving behind and the other is the new life waiting for you. Many of my friends from uni have/are and will be leaving to go home and I thought about being in that situation. For some it's because they want to but others have no choice in the matter. Even for those who have a choice must still find it sad when it comes to that point of change. This song is set just after the narrator has left their friends and is making their journey home...the journey home speaks about the emotional transaction between two states of mind (wanting to stay and wanting to go). Goodbyes are always the saddest, I'm the worst at them if I don't cry at the time I'll no doubt cry after...and I try never to cry (I'm an ugly crier).
Verse 1
Now I know where I'm going but I don't know what for
Still a voice inside my head say's I don't belong here anymore.
The journey's in the detail and it's that I'm trying to find,
My heart can't hold back my wayfaring mind.
Bridge
So I said a prayer inside my head then set out for the road
Chorus
The moon was my guide
On that cool summers night
As I drove along the highway
Looking for more than just the signs.
Home is where the heart is
And I guess I proved it right,
Bags packed, hearts low,
Goodbye friends, hello road,
This is the ultimate goodbye
Verse 2
I've put names to the faces and memories too,
Walked with them beneath the stars, danced beneath the old church roof.
There's a space, there's a time, there's a place, there's an age,
No matter what I'm after there will always be a change
Bridge
And I dried my eyes about half way then carried on down the road
Chorus
The moon was my guide
On that cool summers night,
As I drove along the highway
Looking for more than just the signs.
Home is where the heart is
And I guess I proved it right,
Bags packed, hearts low,
Goodbye friends, hello road,
This is the ultimate goodbye
Bridge
I turned around once or twice then made my way home
Chorus
The moon was my guide
On that cool summers night,
As I drove along the highway
Looking for more than just the signs.
Home is where the heart is
And I guess I proved it right,
Bags packed, hearts low,
Goodbye friends, hello road,
This is the ultimate goodbye
Tag
Bags packed, hearts low,
Goodbye friends, hello road,
This is the ultimate goodbye
Karl Smitherman © 2012 published 2012
Verse 1
Now I know where I'm going but I don't know what for
Still a voice inside my head say's I don't belong here anymore.
The journey's in the detail and it's that I'm trying to find,
My heart can't hold back my wayfaring mind.
Bridge
So I said a prayer inside my head then set out for the road
Chorus
The moon was my guide
On that cool summers night
As I drove along the highway
Looking for more than just the signs.
Home is where the heart is
And I guess I proved it right,
Bags packed, hearts low,
Goodbye friends, hello road,
This is the ultimate goodbye
Verse 2
I've put names to the faces and memories too,
Walked with them beneath the stars, danced beneath the old church roof.
There's a space, there's a time, there's a place, there's an age,
No matter what I'm after there will always be a change
Bridge
And I dried my eyes about half way then carried on down the road
Chorus
The moon was my guide
On that cool summers night,
As I drove along the highway
Looking for more than just the signs.
Home is where the heart is
And I guess I proved it right,
Bags packed, hearts low,
Goodbye friends, hello road,
This is the ultimate goodbye
Bridge
I turned around once or twice then made my way home
Chorus
The moon was my guide
On that cool summers night,
As I drove along the highway
Looking for more than just the signs.
Home is where the heart is
And I guess I proved it right,
Bags packed, hearts low,
Goodbye friends, hello road,
This is the ultimate goodbye
Tag
Bags packed, hearts low,
Goodbye friends, hello road,
This is the ultimate goodbye
Karl Smitherman © 2012 published 2012
Saturday 7 July 2012
The Bells and the Waves
I've been questioning myself whether to put this song up for ages because it speaks very strongly and in some ways arrogantly of my own views. I don't want to force any of my views or opinions on others but like other songs this song is just another scenario (or emotional experience) that I have a connection to. I apologise for any offence.
The song is half romantic and half tragic, it starts with the narrator standing at a wedding, they feel happy for the bride and bridegroom but there is a twinge of sadness in that they were unable to marry within a church because of their sexual orientation (told you it was intense). There is sadness entwined throughout the song in that the narrator wanted to be married within a church, although at times there are moments of bliss where they speak of their wedding on the beach. The narrator then goes onto say how they wish they had a choice in making the decision in where they could 'marry'. For the record I am not married nor have I ever danced on a beach...well not romantically and fully clothed (JOKES!!) and I happen to have some very good Christian friends and attend church and have never been made to feel unwelcome in any way, the majority of them are good to the bone so this song is not meant to cause any offence whatsoever and I'm truly sorry if I do.
Notes 'The Bells and the Waves' mention two song's 'As Man and Woman we were made' a traditional wedding hymn which I suppose in this song is seen as rubbing salt in the wound and 'A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square' is an old wartime song, it's absolutely beautiful. So I hope this is not too far for any of you, those that know me should understand those that don't may not, but when you're down and troubled...give a little whistle!!
p.s. keep an eye on previous songs written as I often change them if I think they can be improved.
Verse 1
The aisle dressed in dried roses, dim
Light dances along the stained panes.
The Hillsong begins, the crowd stands to sing
'As Man and Woman we were made'
Bridge
And all I can do is stare at the wall
Blinking back a mind full of dreams,
I'm happy for you that much is true
But darling it could have been me.
Chorus
Well our first dance was down by the ocean,
The love just as true as I see today,
The marble floor replaced by the sea foam
And the sound of the bells replaced by the waves
Verse 2
Since I was young I dreamed of the alter
Since I was young I knew where I'd stand
And the kingdom of stone for my dreams did falter
For it wouldn't unite us both hand in hand
Bridge
And all I can do is gaze round the room
Knowing for now it's the way,
My cross on my chain, I always had faith,
It's faith that will change it some day
Chorus
Well our first dance was down by the ocean,
Swaying along to 'A Nightingale Sang...'
With my first love and a lifetime devotion
And the sound of the bells were replaced by the waves
Chorus
Well our first dance was down by the ocean,
As we two became one in our own way
Well I feel the change and I hope it will come soon
So that there's a choice between the bells and the waves
Tag
Twirling and swirling over the sand dunes
And the sound of the bells were drowned by the waves
Karl Smitherman © 2012 published 2012
The song is half romantic and half tragic, it starts with the narrator standing at a wedding, they feel happy for the bride and bridegroom but there is a twinge of sadness in that they were unable to marry within a church because of their sexual orientation (told you it was intense). There is sadness entwined throughout the song in that the narrator wanted to be married within a church, although at times there are moments of bliss where they speak of their wedding on the beach. The narrator then goes onto say how they wish they had a choice in making the decision in where they could 'marry'. For the record I am not married nor have I ever danced on a beach...well not romantically and fully clothed (JOKES!!) and I happen to have some very good Christian friends and attend church and have never been made to feel unwelcome in any way, the majority of them are good to the bone so this song is not meant to cause any offence whatsoever and I'm truly sorry if I do.
Notes 'The Bells and the Waves' mention two song's 'As Man and Woman we were made' a traditional wedding hymn which I suppose in this song is seen as rubbing salt in the wound and 'A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square' is an old wartime song, it's absolutely beautiful. So I hope this is not too far for any of you, those that know me should understand those that don't may not, but when you're down and troubled...give a little whistle!!
p.s. keep an eye on previous songs written as I often change them if I think they can be improved.
Verse 1
The aisle dressed in dried roses, dim
Light dances along the stained panes.
The Hillsong begins, the crowd stands to sing
'As Man and Woman we were made'
Bridge
And all I can do is stare at the wall
Blinking back a mind full of dreams,
I'm happy for you that much is true
But darling it could have been me.
Chorus
Well our first dance was down by the ocean,
The love just as true as I see today,
The marble floor replaced by the sea foam
And the sound of the bells replaced by the waves
Verse 2
Since I was young I dreamed of the alter
Since I was young I knew where I'd stand
And the kingdom of stone for my dreams did falter
For it wouldn't unite us both hand in hand
Bridge
And all I can do is gaze round the room
Knowing for now it's the way,
My cross on my chain, I always had faith,
It's faith that will change it some day
Chorus
Well our first dance was down by the ocean,
Swaying along to 'A Nightingale Sang...'
With my first love and a lifetime devotion
And the sound of the bells were replaced by the waves
Chorus
Well our first dance was down by the ocean,
As we two became one in our own way
Well I feel the change and I hope it will come soon
So that there's a choice between the bells and the waves
Tag
Twirling and swirling over the sand dunes
And the sound of the bells were drowned by the waves
Karl Smitherman © 2012 published 2012
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