A love song for men.
I have very rarely and only abstractly written love songs - a rule I acquired after realizing it was so odd that they could be so hollow 2 years down when the relationship had unraveled as is the norm for your average well-known love song; I always found it utterly negating—so much thin emotion and so little lasting—and resolved not to add my affective clanging to the cacophony.
In the absence of the particular, the natural progression is, of course, for the whole gender—half the world. I have quite a set at this point.
So many songs, so little time or plan for most of them. Shouldn’t die with them hidden away on a hard drive, I often think.
So I thought I’d share this one I wrote recently—an imperfect iPhone demo.
Has a bit of a Rosie Thomas vibe which I can’t complain about.
“Diamond Coming Clear”
Come home, o, boy
To the innocence of youth
Don’t heed the lies
That only mar the truth
Don’t run away
From the man you are, my dear
Don’t give up now
You’re a diamond coming clear
You’re a diamond coming clear
The darkness spoke
Into the centre of your heart
Let light come now
Though it rips you right apart
Don’t run away
Though your battle rages here
Don’t abdicate
You’re a diamond coming clear
I see a diamond coming clear
Come home, o, boy
You are not just what you’ve done
There’s laughter here
And a thousand rising suns
Don’t run away
Though it’s failure that you fear
Fight valiantly
For the diamond coming clear
I see a diamond coming clear
Oh, you’re a diamond coming clear
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