Here we are, a mere week before the end of the semester. Fifty pages to write between now and next Thursday! And I, the responsible graduate student, made the wise decision and decided to write lyrics instead. WHAT, YOU SAY! Well, Holly and I have been recording music with our pal Will, and songs don’t just write themselves, you know? I admit, I pieced together the lyrics from poems I’ve previously written, so there’s not much entirely new. But it works! When I have digital versions of the songs I’ll try to find a way to share them here.

Below are the lyrics to the song Nocturne!

(verse 1)
Deep in my chest is
the song you put there…

This night sky is
our lover’s bed, boot black
leather darkness and
tender fumbling

(chorus)
Everything precious,
everything secret is speaking
in sidewalks, in motion,
a syncopated language
lacking context or meaning,
and I’ve become a verb.

(verse 2)
Deep in my chest is
the song you put there…

Bound and gagged and alive,
two embers in bloom -
Here until we put the stars out.
Here until we put the stars out.

(chorus)
Everything precious,
everything secret is speaking
in sidewalks, in motion,
a syncopated language
lacking context or meaning,
and I’ve become a verb.

(verse 3)
Deep in my chest
is the song…

Deep in my chest
is the song you put there,
but for just one moment
I’ll let it out so
it can sing for you.

(chorus)
Everything precious,
everything secret is speaking
in sidewalks, in motion,
a syncopated language
lacking context or meaning,
and I’ve become a verb.

Here until we put the stars out…