http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW4LQN1Bx1Q

     Queenryche’s “Operation: Mindcrime” album still sticks out in mind as one of the best overall albums ever.  It’s a Rock opera which really shows off the band’s versatility.

     And sometimes, lyrics strike a chord…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpFpM173cdk

     Scribbled on the backs of receipts and folded up in my wallet, a text message to myself, calling a friend to send me an e-mail with a few cryptic phrases… That’s how it starts.  And when I look at the words later, I get that feeling again, and I write it all down in its entirety.
     That’s how most of my music has started out… But then I get to the spot where I’m not happy with the music, but the words are still there, and I started to use the DJ controllers guide to learn some cool stuff so that I can add to my music… 
     And it bothers the shit out of me.  Unfinished songs, some ten years old, sitting there in my brain.  I know every note by heart, know exactly what it’s supposed to sound like, and yet… Just can’t get it out.

     Little bits about sex…

cacophonous, we feed our needs
no reason to abstain
like heroin injected
right through these junkie veins

     A bit of anger and hurt…

when i look into your eyes
what do you think i see?
you strip away my armor
then you damn me when i bleed

     Being apart…

you feel it coming (and coming)
and i know damn well you do
no matter how far you go
i can still feel you

     And True Love…

unworthy of your presence
unabated love
what you give me
is what god is made of

     It all fits together, songs in succession, an opera of sorts… and one of these days maybe I’ll have the patience and drive to actually finish it all…

All bits copyright © 1999-2008 Mark Steel

Paul Simon: American Tune

Jim Croce: Time in a Bottle

Nine Inch Nails: The Fragile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggq2fS8Ikio

Nine Inch Nails: We’re in this Together