‘Winter Morning, 2018’ ~ Zoolon
It’s funny what happens when you start playing around with an acoustic guitar with just a phrase in your head. This time it was, ‘Darkness at Dawn’. Sometimes it works, most times not. This time, I think I might have a skeleton lyric. Right now I need new lyrics as the instrumental album is ready for release once the Christmas/New Year bit is properly over.
Darkness at dawn
As the night overstays
Darkness at midnight
In a cradle of graves
Darkness the key that fits any lock
Darkness the wonder that lover’s forgot
Darkness the mother of shadows and rain
Darkness the deliverer of pain without gain
Darkness the witness to all that is wrong
Darkness the destroyer of love and its song
Darkness descends, murders all in its path
Darkness a bloodbath with no aftermath
Darkness you’ve jailed all my yesterdays
All my tomorrows in your perfect maze
Darkness, darkness why do this to me?
Darkness, cold darkness just let it be
Darkness I know that you cannot see
That undoing the lock will free the devil in me
Darkness at dawn
As the night overstays
Darkness at midnight
In a cradle of graves
Some music. Staying with the winter theme, this one is called ‘All Winter Long’. I hope you enjoy;
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Darkness! You gave a fantastic twist to the word. It’s damn good, George. It’s darkly gorgeous verse. Love it.
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Thank you, Lady Yasmin. I think it’s odd that I can only get into writing lyrics when I have a line of words in my head like ‘darkness at dawn’. Without that there would be no other words. Odd. Do poets suffer the same problem or is it just me trying to make words fit a melody? ~ George
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You are doing great , Lord Zoolon. Your words are melodious and your melodies are poems. Perfect synchronization!!
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Lord Zoo, loved this xxxx
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Thanks, Shey. This one is almost a complete song now. ~ George
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Hi JGC, ‘Winter Morning, 2018’ is a gorgeous photo. The silhouette of the trees against the water and sky is striking. I adore color photos that take on the black and white feel with a very light hint of color. Darkness is the perfect maze! So many terrific lines in your lyric, all so visual and bring to mind image after image. I especially like, ‘Darkness the wonder that lovers forgot’ and ‘Darkness the mother to shadows and rain’. A pleasure to listen to ‘All Winter Long’. Please have a terrific Thursday, stay warm! ~ Mia
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Thanks, Mia. This narrow bit of sea between England and France seems to be mates with the clouds, the sun and the moon more than in other places I’ve lived in. It puts on a new show every day. I don’t think I could live in a place that’s not near the sea. You write ‘darkness’ in metaphors way better than what I’ve done with this lyric. Is ‘darkness’ a thing that has more definitions and metaphors for, than any other thing? I’m not sure but think maybe it does. I’m only scratching at the surface here. I’m glad you picked up on it being the perfect maze. The melody/delivery has to reflect that. I guess it’s like being blind. I’m still worried about ‘A cradle of graves’. Got no idea what that means, it just arrived, it’s only still in the final mix because it sings OK! Hope your car isn’t covered in frost like mine is. Have a great day ~ JGC
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JGC, you’re welcome. You know how my mind works, so here we go, your post’s title, ‘The Perfect Maze’ reminded me immediately of the Labyrinth on Crete where the Minotaur was kept. The labyrinth was created by Daedalus, father of Icarus, and we know how that ended. All very dark. Please don’t worry about ‘A cradle of graves’, the phrase is all too perfect, I think when we’re asleep, dreaming or dead the darkness is the cradle that holds us safe and keeps us placed, the dark also ‘holds space’ for us. You see, it really works so well, no wonder it just arrived. No frost on the car today, still a bit of a shiver though. Have a wonderful Friday! ~ Mia
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Thanks, PM. What about ‘Shades of Darkness’ as a sound art installation. Captured sound from nature, life, machines – I’m getting steam locomotives, thinking about it – etc. all blended together in an installation, the sounds drifting between scary dark all the way through to surreal darkness with all the other shades in-between and set up in a planetarium type place but otherwise in darkness. Time and money project, so it probably won’t happen. Worth dreaming about though. It’s good you don’t have frost. The windscreen wipers stick to the window. Have a great day ~ JGC
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JGC, you’re welcome. I love the idea of a sound art installation, fingers crossed somewhere down the road! ~ PM
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Good thinking, PM. The killer with sound art installations is, unless you’ve got a sponsorship, the massive funding and living with the knowledge you probably wouldn’t make much money out of it. It’s one of those things where horrible money can control art. I guess I will buy a Lottery ticket for the weekend and hope I get the winner. Anyhow, here’s one I didn’t make earlier. It’s a decent example; https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=sound+art+installation&&view=detail&mid=F339D0432262DC2A7347F339D0432262DC2A7347&&FORM=VRDGAR
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Thank you, fantastic! Maybe buy two tickets.
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PM, I shall give you a season ticket ~ JGC
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The pervasiveness of darkness seeping in to so many things. Wonderfully expressed Zoolon.
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Thanks. I think in terms of art ‘darkness’ has so many definitions. Thanks again ~ George
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You are truly a bright spark Zoolon. Happy New Year.
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Thanks, Chris. Have a great New Year yourself ~ George
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happy new year !
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Happy New Year to you as well ~ George
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Grazie!🙂
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Wonderful lyrics! About where poets start, I absolutely have to have that first line to begin. It anchors the rest, Don’t mean to rain on your parade but I think darkness can be beautiful as well as “dark”.
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Thanks and sorry to take so long getting back. I mentioned to someone else on this thread that ‘Darkness’ must have more definitions and metaphors than just about any other word, so you are totally right in what you’re say. Thanks again ~ George
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You are seriously amazing!!!!
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Thanks. After uni I had a job in a cafe. I got the sack because I couldn’t butter toast. That’s 100% true. I think I needed a left-handed knife maybe. Thanks again and Happy New Year ~ George
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The first time I made toast with marmite for my husband, I spread the marmite thick like butter…..he is so sweet and ate it anyway!!!!
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I like marmite a lot. I really have to try a thick layer on toast – if I can spread it OK. Thanks, that’s breakfast sorted for tomorrow. I’ll let you know how I get on ~ George
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Please do!!!! I have sorted out how to spread it yet either, but I do love it!!! Happy Breakfast George!
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Great words … I enjoy the song too.
Isadora 😎
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
SOUNDS GOOD!
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Thanks for that ~ Zoolon aka George
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I’ll be back! 🙂
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So strange…I couldn’t picture a “cradle of graves” at first, but just pictured a single grave. But then I started your song and the entire cemetery became this sloped valley, ridged by stone, its darkness inescapable…
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I’d like to take a photograph of what your saw. Most times I like darkness. It’s such a great word to think to ~ George
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‘Tis. It’s one of those words we use to encompass environment, mentality, emotion, expression…damn, it’s a word that slips in to fit EVERYwhere…
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That’s true. Mystical and video/film type noir as well – I think the list goes on forever.
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A most revelant flow of poetic words and conceptual phrases. ❤
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Dark and amazing, a cradle of darkness, love it!
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Thanks, Inese. I’ve been thinking about this ‘darkness’ as song. Right now my head his full of options. I have a melody that begs orchestration but my head says acoustic guitar ~ George
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Can you do both?
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I adore acoustic guitar.
Well, I love all guitars.
Nonetheless, your poem sounds like an acoustic presentation.
Yet, after having read it again, I can hear death metal, with guitar like in The Black Dahlia Murder band.
I live over a place where different musicians jam 2 or 3 nights a week. I’m blessed!
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Acoustic is perfect for ballads and instrumentals. It maybe the answer to some of the lyrics I’m working in but at the moment the new addition to my collection is a Fender Vintage American Telecaster. Annoying in some ways but I’m in love with it. I think I’ll have to forget I have it for a few weeks. I think I’ve forgotten what a keyboard looks like because of it! Thanks for the comment ~ Zoolon aka George
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The Fender Telecaster is very captivating! (esp actual vintage)
N has a Fender Strat crica 1967. It’s sweet as honey, but the frets are worn to the board, so he rarely plays it.
Keyboards are very exciting. N just bought an old Moog. It’s a keyboard, but not. What do you think?
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Retro sound is always there waiting to come out of hibernation. Unique sound I’m told wasn’t liked that much back when, but appreciated more now as musicians and sound artists got to search for new sound and found it in old sound – if that makes sense. I bet he’s having a great time with it ~ George
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He’s having a riot! There have been , as he puts it, too, many guitars at the sessions, so he does more keyboards, and the MOOG. I think all the guys adore it. I say “guys” because the only females that come are vocalists, and only once in awhile. Of course they are welcome.
Yeah, the retro stuff is amazing.
He has Pultecs and Neves.
Hey, he has an analog mixing board that “Rush” did one of their last albums with. The board is autographed by the band, Geddy, Neil, Alex.. and one more… I forget.
Anyway, Is that sellable? I said I’d check into it, but I’m not finding the right auction house or vendor. Just thought I’d ask. 😀
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The analogue mixing board sounds really interesting. They fetch OK prices on eBay for example, but the one you’re talking about has provenance. I think you need an auctioneer specializing in music. There’s probably a lot of money sitting there ~ George
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