***********************************************
Feel the tangled melody
of starfish dancing
‘cross the memory in the sky
don’t ask why, I
had no idea
They called you
Sweet remembrances
deciding
where we all reveal
the nature of your smile
all the while, then
returning to the
ocean depths
Lights form familiar shapes
advancing slowly to the
rhythm of the sand
open your, hand
they’ve all come
to the party now
Time signatures
⅞ 9/8 6/8 11/8 9/16
©2019 Lance Harrison
Writing words in strange time signatures is a weird exercise! The melody line for this popped into my head, I grabbed my iPhone and sang it into it. Then I had to try and figure out what the time signature was and learn the tune. I’m not sure I did the time signature correctly because it’s constantly shifting like sand. The drumbeat is just as strange but it all worked out perfectly! In some psychedelic songs, it starts normal and drifts into madness. I started in madness and didn’t make it back to normal. The words repeat several times, much like how it truly is in my head when I’m working on these things!
