uke play

new strings

This is my first attempt at re-stringing my uke.

Colorless Cold

I want to be stirred as in the ways of old

Reignited from this snuffed out colorless candle

I know I have a purpose, but the passion is cold

embittered by the parts that I could not handle

I want to grab hold of this energy
But I don't want to harness it
I want to ride it wild till I fall off

This may seem awkward, but I don't care
It's not often enough that I open up like this

I want to meet you where you are
I don't want you edited
I want to find buried treasure from your heart

(I think this is a song about how I become more social and alive with ideas when I drink coffee. And now I am crashing from the caffeine)

Here and Now

As far as I can reach
I don't know that I need
This controlling grasp over everything.

As far as I can see
I don't know that I need
This vision of more than the world around me.

As far as I can hear
I don't know that I need
This torrent of noises that distracts me

As far as I can understand
I don't know that I need
This idea that I can understand everything

As far as I can tell
All I need
Is to hold loosely to what I love
All I need
Is to see the world around me
All I need
Is to hear each sound distinctly
All I need
Is to know that it's okay not to know

All I need is here and now.