I captured the song on my phone in a 7 minute first try. Too many words and random ideas so I gave it a better structure. Spent most of today trying get a decent take but pesky covid made it hard to to hold or even hit a note, This is as good as it gets for now,
Wanted to sit in the garden
The sky burst open
Need a break from the drag
Not a fresh idea in days.
Got to do something – a little time-out
Notions in Brownian Motion
Colliding soft inside my skull
And my thoughts turn to you x2
Try to turn off my mind - find a distraction
Carry coffee from the kitchen
Sit and listen to the rainy rhythm
Creative dry-spell - my mind like a desert
While beyond the glass the rain is biblical
And my thoughts turn to you x2
When I wondered why I do this
You'd wrapped your arms around me
Say ‘You do because you can
You do it because...'
Spider in a corner holds a fly like jealous lover
Clutching it close like they’ll never part
I think about people - songs they been making
How they let us hear their hearts
And sometime made us cry
And my thoughts turn to you x2
Your said it made you feel good
When everything is falling asunder
My music lifted your spirits
Singing together eased the pain - a while
Things you told me
Things you said I ought to keep doing
The way you understood
The way you understood
And my thoughts turn to you
There are waxwings in the garden
Look them up in your Book of Birds
The one I bought you from the place I worked
Riffling through the pages
I found a photograph
I took on a trip to the coast -
You are laughing in the ocean
Now I know what to do
I know where this is moving
Found my inspiration
And I’m reaching for my pen
I’m reaching for my pen
@tukayandryan Feb 2022
I really love this Paddy. Powerful and moving. Vocal delivery is great and full of emotion.
@conuladh Feb 2022
@andygriff Thanks Andy. The spider/fly lines were going be about butterflies or dragonflies but wanted something a bit dark and unusual.
@conuladh Feb 2022
@mk2021 Thanks Matt. and thanks for telling how to do direct replies. :D
@conuladh Feb 2022
@celineellis Thanks Celine, I wish I could reproduce the vocal but it's mostly due to covid... a fairly mild attack but it gave me a certain throatiness. I've been loving your songs - strength to strength, mate.
@conuladh Feb 2022
@melaniepegge Thanks Mel x
@conuladh Feb 2022
@andrewrusse Thanks I appreciate the feedback...and I've just found out how to do direct replies.
@andrewrusse Feb 2022
Crumbs. This is SO powerful in a lovely peaceful way.
@melaniepegge Feb 2022
This is lovely and very moving Paddy
@celineellis Feb 2022
Ooo paddy I love the vocal on this. Reminds me of Tom waits a bit, as does this lyric. It takes the listener on a journey
@mk2021 Feb 2022
This is wonderful, Paddy. So much imagery and emotion packed into one song. I love your delivery here. Everything works brilliantly.
@andygriff Feb 2022
This is good Paddy! Guitar part is great. Excellent lyric, really like lines like "spider in the corner holds a fly like a jealous lover". Never mind Covid, I like your vocal performance, it's powerful.