Xpression.v2

Acoustic Lights (8/29/2007)

I’m addicted and hooked on this thing called music
You might just listen, but I like to use it
The soothing grooves with which I zone too
Are the sounds of life to which I’ve grown too
It’s like I’ve known you for all my life
When the words are sung and done just right
I want to scream, but that’s not tonight
I just want to chill in acoustic lights
Cause you use the mics like I use my pen
The notes don’t fight, they just move ahead
I just wish I could be a song like that
And move on through right off the bat

Sometimes a guy is overwhelmed with hatred
The same kind of people on the front of papers
I know the dangers of increasing darkness
So I breath in the notes you mate guitars with
My fists clench tight, my head starts bobbing
This heart starts racing and won’t be stopping
Scream the problems and vent aggression
My body sails in every direction
Cause I need protection, I need relief
If I don’t start screaming, this hate won’t leave
Why let it spill into another day
Just pop this pill and go press play

Some days are started on two wrong feet
And the weight of tears, too strong for me
I long to see outside this closure
But the world is harsh, it’s pain’s exposure
Those things I told her, so imperfect
The job I hold, well, just ain’t working
I hold a stare while I’m really hurting
‘Til I hear the tracks, a sad unnerving
But then that sound, the pain that’s echoed
Can set me free and help me let go
From the get go, I felt abandoned
But notes help more than you’d imagine
It works like magic, it brings the tears
I decompress to the pain I hear
Acoustic lights are my prescription
Life’s so clear in this song description

Notes: This one is about the power and important of music in my life. Just having that something there to help me figure out what exactly I feel. It’s a much needed crutch.

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