Lyrics

For this song I decided to use a set of my own lyrics. I'm not sure if it's a good idea or not, considering I do not consider myself a poet by any means, however my reason for setting a text which I wrote myself is solely that there is something very specific in which I wanted to convey with this piece.

When dr. Staniland presented his piece for voice and cello, there was something very grabbing about it. The poem had such emotion and passion. It led me to think that hey, I haven't felt that passionate about anything in a long time...and as a matter of fact, passion that intense doesn't seem to be apparent in our society today. The more I thought about this the more uncomfortable with the notion I became. My thoughts as to why people in our society lack this passion is because we have been given everything we need. We are able to live very comfortable lives, thus meaning that we dont have to fight for the rights to live comfortably, and when you get everything you want, you appreciate what you have less. This leaves our society content and probably with the feeling like we shouldn't have to work for things we want.

This mindset for me has changed a bit and I believe I have a more realistic, less polar view on society now. However I do feel it was important for me to get myself out of the complacent mindset which has dominated this semester. It is also an uber romantic notion, over the top kind of view on things.

Couldn't hold on

to a dream where I felt

that there was something within me

that cared for all the things

that I'd been given

and I fell from the warmth

to the cold of the certainty

as I'm stripped of the sheets

and tossed into complacency

I am no poet by any means, however I feel very strongly for what I have written, and I believe that using this to express myself will result in something a little more meaningful.