Remember when we got high on the tunes
Yeah maybe we needed the next and the new
As much as we needed to work and get better
But maybe we just loved the music so it didn’t really matter
Call it a good one, a great one, a hit
A scratch demo or version three with a little something to fix
We couldn’t believe what was coming out of the speakers
And we believed in all of our hearts that the people would see us
Playing on a stage with a million lights
With a million fans right by our side
So when the curtain went up till the curtain came down
We were high on the tunes, high on that sound
The kicks and the snares and the vocals and bass
The guitars and the synths and the verbs and delays
We were high on the tunes, we were totally gone
More days a week than we weren’t with those songs
All over the country, all over the world
Selling our stash and praying we got heard
Cause those who would listen just might hear like we did
And share in that buzz and want it again
Yeah high on the tunes because we were young
Because we were young we couldn’t know what we’d done
But held together with some songs and the truth
Remember when we got high on the tunes
»» This is certainly not my typical post. So perhaps a little look behind the curtain is in order…
As I was walking out of Ace Hardware this morning, the first line popped into my head. I had a little time to kill so I got my phone out and typed it in a note. When I got to the end of the line, the beginning of the next line came…and that’s how it went for about five minutes till I was finished. I didn’t expect it. I didn’t know what it was going to be about. I didn’t know how long or short it was going to go.
Even though I didn’t expect it, I was willing.
Even though I didn’t know what it was going to be about, the willingness and ownership caused it to quickly turn into something that matters to me.
Even though I didn’t know how long it would go, it turned out to be the proper length.
But the real key is the age old advice, just start. You can’t know what will happen after you start typing until you start typing.
