I decided to let a musical write itself during FAWM with only the idea of Pen Pals who have never met after 30+ years of exchanging letters and messages... Going through their letters from the past.
"Dear David" is the first song, from David's point of view. It's a bit melancholy, but truly heartfelt and longing.
It's Getting Late...
Can't Sleep...
Shouldn't Eat...
... Why did I ...<sighs>
Why did I search out these letter from years ago?
What was I looking for, lost in these words?
Holding the, in my hands, reading their words,
I can hear your voice.
It whispers to me.
And I'm finding it harder to breath.
"Dear David," it says at the top of each first page.
"Dear David," I read and I think of a way to go back...
... back to the days when,
"Dead David," would send my heart racing and reeling
and reaching for you through the space.
"Dear David..."
What is the meaning in words sent on paper
... Those letters?
I'd get lost in them.
Truly no greater friend
Never seeing, or hearing,
Just words.
Our whole lives scribbled down,
Folded, sent out of town.
I believed you meant all that you wrote on that page
When I open, and see...
"Dear David," it says at the top of each first page.
"Dear David," I read and I think of a way to go back...
... back to the days when,
"Dead David," would send my heart racing and reeling
and reaching for you through the space.
"Dear David..."
@sbs2018 Feb 2022
So theatrical! Love the storytelling - universal, for sure! Lovely piano!
@beatsbycamel Feb 2022
i like the piano work and great lyrics!