Songs in THE RAW!! September 7, 2007

Friday, September 7, 2007

Songs in THE RAW!! September 7, 2007

This will be the second week in a row that I have looked into a darker subject. I can't help it. I just like to get a little dirty every now and then. My mother once asked me to stop writing depressing songs. Did the arts community ask Van Gogh not to paint a self portrait? Did anyone ask John Lennon not to write songs about peace? Did they call the Write Brothers not to look to the sky? Did anyone tell Barry Bonds not to take steroids? I DON'T THINK SO!

We are who we are...we do what we do....anything else would be criminal. I'm not a sad guy. I have a lot of great things in my life. I don't spend my days thinking about death and reliving my messed up relationships. I drank enough liquor and snorted enough cocaine to fill Wembley Stadium. I don't spend all day thinking about how much of my life I lost in a drunken coked up stupor.....and it was a good chunk! I just feel like writing about the lower points in my life is a way of cleansing. It's like the Blues. It's my way of releasing the pain and moving on. As it turns out, I have a lot of pain. I must have saved myself a ton of money in therapy with my music.

At any rate, this week's song is called "To Be Lonely". It's about me..really...but I turned it into a "her" song. I based it on a relationship that failed due to my drug abuse and general lack of presence..."even when I was present". I am actually lucky to have done this in the past. It's one of the things that I use as a learning point to keep my current, very awesome relationship.

The song is based around the idea that sometimes it's better to be with some one, even if it's not the best relationship, than to be lonely. Again, I don't actually say that in the song, but that's the idea anyway.

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