As I've written already, Virginia was a departure for me. The departure didn't sit the same way with everyone. I got lots of feedback...emails...text messages and a couple of phone calls. One that resonated with me...was from someone who "missed the love songs."
The more I thought about that...the more I understood it. Whether falling in love or falling out love or landing somewhere between...that's mostly what I had written about.
So...I'm sharing a little of both...a new song called Crave, which is a sexy, love song and Teeth, a feisty, spirited auto-bio-song.
Crave is about wanting more of more. That feeling you get when you first fall for someone...completely. Teeth was written in direct response to the feedback from Virginia...there's more to all of us than what people see.
Crave
10/7/09, 1/9/10, 1/24/10, 1/27/10
v1
Step inside, step closer
Come alive, come closer
It’s just us
You and me
Nothing between us
Any separation is a barren desert
Of our own desperation
This anticipation is a cyan blue sea
Of our own creation
Where the sky meets the heavens
At the same time it meets the waves
I will express
If you will confess…
Do you?
Chorus
Crave
Another moment
Crave
Another touch
Crave
Do you?
Crave
Another escape
Crave
Another rush
Crave
v2
Step inside, step within
Come alive, come within
It’s just me
Wanting you
Hanging in the balance
All reservations abandoned
For honest infatuation
Any hesitation now will just side swipe
Our hearts acceleration
Where this can go is up to no one
But the two of us inside this moment
I will profess
You acquiesce
How you…
Chorus
Bridge
You’re intoxicating
Like the ink under your skin
That’s how you’re tattooed
In my life
I want to fill each day
With more of you
Teeth
1/19/10, 1/20/10
v1
You know me
You know me
But did you know
I can hide in plain sight
In lines and lyrics
Transparent and real
But you don’t know I measure
What I reveal
Chorus
In a moment of weakness
In a moment of strength
I showed you my soul
Now I’ll show you my teeth
A split second of forgiveness
Split second of release
I relinquished control
Now I’ll show you my teeth
The artist as lover
Can be a fighter beneath
Love me for my soul
Love me too for my teeth
v2
You know me
You know me
And now you know
I can show my colors
In truth and tantrum
Honesty and secret
But you don’t know I measure
What I regret
Chorus
Bridge
Have I said too much
Have you seen my hand
There is only so much truth
You can comprehend
You wanted to see
More than my heart
You want to know
If I had fight
Well, behind this kiss
Is my bite
Chorus
