The Tempest

This is another moody coffee shop song. I use a line that has shown up in at least one other song... I think maybe even two. I like bands that tie their songs together that way. One of my favorite musicians Greg Dulli (the afghan whigs, the twilight singers, the gutter twins) does it fairly often.

I used to write the line on napkins at restaurants, bars, anywhere that had a paper towel to write it on... "somewhere scribbled on a napkin are words that can change the world." Not sure why I did it... maybe just hoping to inspire someone else.

I believe there is music for this floating around somewhere, but not on my computer. Hope to find it when I eventually go through all of my old tapes. One day that will happen...

The Tempest

i am anger
i am chic temptation
i am danger
i know no moderation

i am a mission
i am a missionary
i am the moment of darkness when you blink

i am the calm before the storm
i am the instant before the crash
the moments as the rain hits
the last thought into the wreck

for that moment, i seem an eternity
but after the fact, a frame of fantasy
my collection of images
...is a collection of bad ideas.

and somewhere scribbled on a napkin
are words that can change the world

really a raindrop of nothing
an insignificant wind
i may be danger
but all's well in the end

i am on a mission
a storm brewing inside me
and after me will be
a light that all the world can see

i shaped the thoughts before you
caught in a synapse in your mind
the world you want before your feet
your last thought into the wreck

come on now
sing the words that will change the world