About Timing

Jan/Feb 2011

This song is technically mostly finished. It has music and lyrics.
However, I played it really terribly. I wanted to just get out a
rough cut of it and maybe work on a better arrangement later.

After a few weeks of jazz piano lessons for the first time ever,
I attempt to use a little of what I've learned. Lucas as a piano-
singer-songwriter... Not a practiced medium for me.

And the lyrics are basically about one of those particular parts of life
you have no real control over, but which can affect your entire future
if it goes one way or another.

This song started with the lyrics. I'm noticing a pattern in how I
deal with vocals. Rarely do I have a compelling melody first, it's usually
a linguistic idea that I then use to patch together a melody over
whatever harmony I've created. I should spend more time on that
going forward...



Lyrics:

did I wait too long
to write this song?
or was the wait too short

I hope I picked the right day
to go to the piano and play
cuz now it's too late to abort

it doesn't really matter if you're bad at rhyming
but what do you do if you're bad at timing

there are only two options
right now or later
well I'm not a waiter

tell me if I chose right
it's the time to decide
if the clock's on my side

it doesn't really matter if you're bad at rhyming
but what do you do if you're bad at timing