Prompt: Dust
UPDATE:
Tara brought these lyrics to life creating a fantastic country song:
https://fawm.org/songs/128112/
T.C. did a very different soulful and absolutely wonderful version, please check it out:
https://fawm.org/songs/128056/
V1
it has been eight years
but it seems like more
you never looked back as
you walked out the door
you left me hostage to
thoughts I couldn’t ignore
my heart left aching for
the one I adored
PC
but as time passes
longings are killed
and the dust builds
C
dust covers sweet kisses
I used to know
dust fills my heart sometimes
I wish it weren’t so
dust grows on the love
that we once knew
dust buries the feelings
I had for you
V2
today words in your letter
took me by surprise
knowing you’ve missed me
brought a tear to my eye
I could dust my heart off
bring love back to life
but I’ve grown content
with the dust inside
PC
cuz as time passes
longings are killed
and the dust builds
C
dust covers sweet kisses
I used to know
dust fills my heart sometimes
I wish it weren’t so
dust grows on the love
that we once knew
dust buries the feelings
I had for you
B
I don’t need a dust mop
I don’t need a dust pan
I don’t need dust feathers
nor a dust covered man
Final PC
cuz as time passes
longings are killed
I’ll let dust build
C
dust covers sweet kisses
I used to know
dust fills my heart sometimes
I wish it weren’t so
dust grows on the love
that we once knew
dust buries the feelings
I had for you
@skibum1066 Feb 2022
I wrote my own song with the same title - "Dust". Your lyrics go in a completely different direction. Looking forward to Tara's rendition
@taracraig Feb 2022
I’ll take this one!
@hmstreetteam Feb 2022
Dust serves as a persuasive and very relatable metaphor for the passage of time. It becomes visceral in the first line of the chorus. Dusty kisses? Who would want that? We don’t need details of the past because the dust is what matters now. Nicely done!
@mikehex Feb 2022
powerful and sad and, oddly, hopeful. Time is the great healer, but healing through entropy is kind of an unnerving thought.
Great write
@tjeff Feb 2022
Excellent. The image of dust covering up feelings/emotions is so evocative and powerful. And then to take it further that physical dust actually covers everything.
@sw1n3flu Feb 2022
This is super. I immediately picked up a guitar and started singing along. LOVE IT.
@tcelliott Feb 2022
oh, a good write. I might have an idea for this one, maybe. With your permission I'll try it out.
@tunecat Feb 2022
Well this is a very good read. It’s coherent. It seems very well put together and I guess he had his chance snd lost it.
@tunecat Feb 2022
Well this is a very good read. It’s coherent. It seems very well put together and I guess he had his chance snd lost it.
@andygriff Feb 2022
I like where you've gone with idea. "I don't need dust feathers nor a dust covered man" - oh yes!