Beast and Brother

there is a noble beast / a feast for the sporting eye

we give him his release / never say "die"

yes, there is blood to spill / but it could be ours

in this clash of will / Art versus Power

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(refrain) beast and brother / in the stands, a lonely girl

we love, we kill the other

'round goes the world

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and in the second act / played in the hot red dirt

you try to follow that / someone gets hurt

yield to the younger man / the man of peace

let him find his own / release

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beast and brother / and still a lonely girl

we love, we kill the other

'round goes the world

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and the noble beast / no longer waits

we give him his release / and a gate

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beast and brother / there stands a lonely girl

we love, we kill the other

'round goes the world

'round goes the world

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are we having fun yet? holy moley. i'm having a blast, learning about the way i write and trying things i normally wouldn't, while i mine for ideas to write multiple varying songs.

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this one is an indirect response to the last song on Dusty, "Carne del Toro", a tour de force of Spanish/American rhythm and melody under a killer metaphor.

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as i listen daily or so to Fred's album, and live with the images, i find myself looking for ways to lighten the emotional load. this one changes voice in the middle to turn things around and instill some optimism, misplaced 'though it may be. the omnipresent Old Guy (matador/Hemingway) has the first word, his conscience the next, the naive young man the last.

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as for doing what i normally wouldn't - i'm trying to remember if i've ever done this before - the last refrain is a different melody, simple and brooding, but somehow ending the song with a cool spaghetti western vibe. or something.

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im looking forward to March, when i can relax and look(/listen) back on these songs.