‘Neat Feet’ by Zoolon
100% true. That daft mate of mine I’ve been writing about lately has surpassed himself yet again. He was looking a bit down so I say, “What’s up?” He says, “It’s my star sign.” I say, “What about it?” He says, “It’s total rubbish.” I say, “What sign of the Zodiac are you then?” He says, “Aquarius.” I say, “What’s wrong with that?” He says, “Other people get to be a bull, a ram, a scorpion, a lion, proper stuff like that. I’ve just found out my sign is just some random bloke carrying a bucket of water and spilling most of it. It’s so not fair.”
Anyway, I haven’t been able to play guitar much for the last few days since I did my right shoulder in lifting weights. Luckily, I’m left-handed so I’ve spent a bit of time writing words for lyrics that might end up as songs sometime. Here’s one of them. A protest song, prompted by the UN report re Myanmar and the displacements, rape and genocide that took place there. It’s in verse form for now;
THE VULTURE & JACKDAW
Safe passage across the borderline
Refused by racist guardians of hate
The starving left to starve in no-man’s-land
The TV newsreader puts it down to bad luck’s fate
Someplace east of Dover
Unforgettable, the tears
The living count the corpses
Their numbers fall on apathetic, stone cold deaf ears
Is there any point in me singing out
About all the sufferings there and here?
I guess nothing matters that much
Last week’s dead bodies soon will fade away; disappear
The fat cat moguls feed off everything
Sicko politicians never play by compassion’s rules
Whatever code, creed or colour you are
If you’re not one of them then you’re all unwelcome fools
‘Stand up for victims of oppression’
So goes my comrade’s song
In the hope that if we all heed those words
Peoples of this world might just get along
This artist, lost inside a darkness
Imagines just what nightmare terrors the victims saw
Those victims left to rot in open graves
Now carrion for the vulture and jackdaw
Time for some music. A short electronic piece called ‘Time Out’ – it’s dark mood fits this broken planet we live on somehow?
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Bravo , Lord Zoolon. I give you a standing ovation. This is stuff that should be published globally.
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Thanks, Lady Yasmin. I think the time has come for good people – you’re a good example – through legal means, such as The International Criminal Court in The Hague see to it that those who commit as atrocities get banged up for life. The only downside is that most governments don’t invest enough effort to make this happen.
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Wonderful
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Thanks for that – appreciated.
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I can’t wait to hear those words put to music!! Excellent writing 😊
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Thanks, Dorinda. It might change a little when put to melody but I think this one will get the nod along the way.
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I hope so. If not, publish as a poem!! 😉
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So Haunting!
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Thank you. That UN report haunts like a worst nightmare.
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Wonderful. I love that you write of songs that highlight what’s going on
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Thanks Shey. I’m still good with liking animals over humans.
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I’d like to reblog this but there’s no button for it, or is it just my phone? Great post and poem/song.
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Thank you, Cheryl. But for some reason – they tell me it’s because this is a paid for website – the reblog facility doesn’t apply. Neat thought anyway and thank you again.
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Sorry.🤗
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I’m putting on a song today from an artist I like. I don’t know if you will, but thought you might like to watch this short video of his creative process which I thought was interesting. https://youtu.be/mrvBoh1Eh-I
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The process of music construction is amazing – as is the link you sent. Brilliant. When it comes to the process I always turn to sound art. Imogen Heap might interest you. First her magic kit; then a piece of weirdness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6btFObRRD9k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYIAfiVGluk And thanks so much for the link you sent. ~ Zoolon aka George
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Yay for the words and the music.
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Thanks for reading and listening. I appreciate that.
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Enjoyed the spooky electronic tune.
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And the others with you singing even more. 👍 Good stuff.
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Thanks, Xeno. I appreciate you listening.
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Powerful words.
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Powerful lyrics. On another note, your roomie is on the kookie side.
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Thanks. He’s not of this world.
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Tell him Libras are the really oppressed. All the other signs are representative of living creatures. Librans are just scales.
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I got this message over dinner. Mum’s a Libran, the old man is an Aries. The thing is mum oppresses the both of us! I’m a Cancer as it happens.
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Ah, your friend. He reminds me of Blondie when I told her wood pulp is used in a lot of food we eat, like her favorite snack stuff. Of course, no one wants to be told they’re eating wood pulp…
Anyway, there’s something in your song that got me wondering: “Jackdaw.” What is that? I’ve never heard of such a creature here in the Midwest, but its name fascinates me.
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The jackdaw is my mother’s favourite bird – she knows her birds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51-WqSCIskE I promise you Blondie will be/is a million times brighter than my mate.
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Gosh, I hope so. There are moments of, “Where IS ___?” “Did you look by your feet?” “Where?” And literally looking in the one direction ___ is not and nearly stepping on it somehow. But that’s all three of them…sigh…
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Bravo! You,the artist, may feel you are in the darkness but you are not alone there. I am in that same darkness seeing visions of a soldier wrenching a small child from his mother’s arms and flinging him into a burning building. It is a hideous vision from Myanmar that illuminates my darkness. Thank you for your words.
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Thank you, Anne. When researching this I checked out some pics on Google Images re Myanmar. One in particular shot I wished I’d never seen. It will stay with me forever. Contradiction. In some ways I’m glad I saw it. It was real; broke my heart. I know from what you wrote, you understand. ~George
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This composition is very beautiful and inspiring! (-:
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Thanks. I appreciate that.
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