Older and Wiser (previously "Confusion")

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seanmiller
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Older and Wiser (previously "Confusion")

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Wrote this song about 10 years ago... lyrically it was never finished to my satisfaction, but posting here in its most recent incarnation...

Intro:
Help me! I don't know what to do!
I don't know what I'm thinking
I can't control the thoughts that strike like arrows all the day!
Lately, confusion reigns supreme
The whole wide world is changing
It's leaving me behind, and now I find that you've gone away...

1:
Let me tell you a story, didn't it unfold
About a bit of a rebel who found that he was getting old
One Autumn morning, he lifted up his eyes
He'd thought that older meant wiser but here age was only a disguise
And then he sat, and then he sang
And then he looked upon himself
And he said "soon, I'll need to change
And it's a thing I'll have to do for me and you
And I know it's true, it's true, it's true..."

2:
It was several years later that that same man finally came
To the side of a river, where he hung his head in shame
Looking down on his reflection in the grimy water there
He went and hung his head so low that he got water in his hair
And then he sat, and then he sang
And then he looked upon himself
And he said "now, I need to change
And it's a thing I have to do for me and you
And I know it's true, it's true, it's true..."

Bridge:
High above the hills I spy a bird in flight
Soars high, swoops low, and nothing seems to hinder that brave eagle
But me I don't know how to live, can someone tell me please, I don't know how to play
I JUST NEED TO WORK IT OUT
And then I'll fly high by myself, soaring high, swooping low low low low lowww....

3:
Come the end of this story and the old man goes to die
On the side of a mountain, gives his soul up to the sky
On his face a knowing smile as he listens to the breeze
On a rocky shore in a misty glade surrounded by trees
And then he sits, and then he sings
And then he looks upon himself
And he says "Yes, I did it right
Though never changing maybe hurt both me and you
But now it's through, it's through, it's through....
Now I know it's through.......

Sean Miller, circa 1998.
Last edited by seanmiller on Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.
seanmiller
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Re: Older and Wiser (previously "Confusion")

Post by seanmiller »

You can listen to the song above here... apologies for the quality etc... just me and an acoustic... as I said, it's a "work in progress", and the recording is an evolution from, maybe, 2002... when I'm Leonard's age I'll probably have finished it, lol!!

http://seanmiller.net/confuse.ram

When I write the lyrics come from stream of consciousness... just set a tape going and "busk" and see what comes out of the subconscious... this one was about 80% complete 20 minutes after it first came into my head... it's getting it how I want it that takes the time.

Sean
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