Tomorrow's Song

[Backstory: Jon Foreman, singer/songwriter for Switchfoot, challenged himself and his fans to each write a song of their own with the title “Tomorrow’s Song.” Here are the results of my last-minute efforts. ^_^ I also only wrote a couple verses and a chorus, so it’s definitely not a full song and it certainly needs polishing… but enough excuses. Here goes.]

Tomorrow’s Song

Verse 1
Teardrops resound in a melody
The haunting accompaniment
Torn from her grief-swollen eyes
The cruel refrain
A chorus of pain
The heartbreaking melody of today

Chorus
Maybe tomorrow’s song will be brighter
Tell me, is the journey ahead any lighter?
Everything’s wrong until hope comes along
A voice unexpected, I’m fighting to sing
To the music of tomorrow’s song

Verse 2
Heroes and saints, help me to hear
The beauty in dissonance, tell me again
Is it heaven or hell
The force that compels me
One lonely soul can’t sing this alone

(unnamed)

I just wrote this one on the spur of the moment. It's partially inspired by the song Love Is The Movement, partially by this quote from Jon Foreman:

Love is, as far as I can tell, the most mature response to any situation - the pinnacle of what it means to be truly human. Love is a wrench in the wheels of cause and effect, of reactionary living, of casual imitation. Yes, speed and events are all around us in the information age, but motion, true motion, is rare. Love is the movement. Keep moving, amigos.

Here's my poem:


I sit on the side of the highway
As the cars zip past.
Lives pass
Each one intent
Focused ahead
Eyes forward
Don’t look sideways
Don’t stop to breathe.

In a world of motion
We’re devoid of
emotion.
Our movement is
machine, metal, mechanical
iPod, iTouch
I think
we are losing touch with each other

On the side of the highway
One person pauses.
One movement,
the mindless,
stops.
Another
the movement of love
begins.
Make love your movement.

Learning to Breathe

This is inspired by the song of the same name by Switchfoot. Check it out sometime. :)

Learning to Breathe

Take a step outside
Stop
Think
Breathe.

Abundant sky
Unreproducible blue
Eternal
Unchanging
Deep

In this sea
Above my head
I can lose everything
Worries
Doubts
Fears

Floating away
Sinking
Gone

Rising sun
A fresh beginning
Clean