New Song: Time Traveler/Lullaby

I've recently put the finishing touches on my 8th song.  It's called Time Traveler/Lullaby, and it's definitely my most ambitious creation to date.  I spent quite a bit more time putting this one together than any of the previous ones.  It's nearly 8 minutes long.

As the name implies, it's sort of two songs in one.  This song started its life as a classical guitar solo I wrote for my daughters as a lullaby six or seven years ago.  I hadn't played the song in years until I started re-learning it recently, and I decided the chord progression would make for a good hard rock song.  So I turned it into that and added lyrics.  However, I have retained the spirit of the original by throwing in a classical guitar reprise at the end of the song.

As with several of my previous songs, I have used a MIDI controller to record the drums and bass on this one.

The lyrics reflect a bit of my own journey in learning how to cope with depression and anxiety.

This is a link to the song on my Tumblr page: Time Traveler/Lullaby  Just click where it says "Listen."

These are the lyrics:

He came up to me

A time traveler

I told him he seemed

Quite familiar to me

What do you see

When you look deep inside

A lonely frightened child who

Hides unsatisfied

CHORUS:

You can’t

Change what’s passed

Only what’s to come

Repaint your heart

Smooth the ragged parts

And find your redemption

Would you like to be

A time traveler

Would you like to see

What the future holds

Look to the past

When you feel afraid

Learn from mistakes you've made

On the way

CHORUS

I turned out to be

A time traveler

Always stuck in the past

And the future

But I learned to be still

In the present hour

I learned to embrace my life

In the now

CHORUS