Day 4 - Best Laid Plans of Mice And Men

Good morning world. I've been up forever and ever it seems. My boss called everyone in for a meeting at 7am today, which was obnoxious but gave me a chance to get up and get a jump on the day. After the meeting I spent a long time in a practice room working on various pieces. I forgot how great it is to start the day by playing the piano. Traditionally, I am not a morning person, but there's something quite lovely about making music for a couple of hours before facing reality.

I was able to hammer out a new song this morning. Usually when I write a piece, it all happens at the same time. But this song has been floating around my brain for about three years or so. It's finally evolved into this.



It's not really a love song in the traditional sense. I'm not really sure what kind of song it is really. Maybe it's too simple. Maybe it isn't structured enough, doesn't undergo enough changes. Maybe the theme isn't strong enough. Some parts are weak, I know this. And maybe the lyrics are too cliche and Pollyanna at times and too vague and bizarre at other times. Maybe I'm just being too critical of my own work, because I do that. It's got a good tune at least (I'd like to think it does anyway - gah, I'm being that self-conscious musician I always make fun of!).

I also moved into the 21st century and did something mildly repulsive on this song - I wrote it on my iPhone. Not ideal, but I forgot my notebook. I still definitely prefer the experience of handwriting songs. But on an iPhone, I could email the lyrics to myself when all was said and done. Whoa, cool. Almost too technologically advanced for me to handle, yo.

Kinda sick, right?

But, sense the lyrics are incomprehensible at times in the video, I figured I should post them here.

Some say you can never say what you mean unless you write it in a song
Gotta stick your heart onto a melody
And let the universe sing along
Outside it might be kinda rainy
Outside it might be kinda cold
But you can stay inside and sing until we all get really old

The best laid plans of mice and men so often go astray
She's drinking coffee in the morning
And then just drinking all the day
She really wants to write the perfect thing
Maybe a poem or a play
But her house is always empty
And her world is always gray

I read about her in a book
I saw her on the silver screen
I've probably met her type in person at the store while buying tea
I used to be scared that would be me in 15 or 20 years
But I think I'm gonna be kinda normal
I think it's just a silly fear

The best laid plans of mice and men so often go astray
Some say that the man has got it lucky
I think the mouse has got it made
He's just a rodent, never lonely
Only hungry or afraid
Or does he feel the same emotions but is too quiet to explain?

It's a curse and it's a blessing to have an overactive brain
But im glad you came along and showed me it's okay to be insane
I am weird and I'm nuerotic
The best part is that you don't care
So my life hasn't always gone like I planned
But it is taking me somewhere

Bam! Coming at your screen straight from my iPhone. Yeah, be impressed. :P

Aaand that's it for today friends.
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And with that, I shall finish drinking this cup of tea and perhaps take a brief siesta. After all, I have been up forever and ever.