Wednesday, December 15, 2010

"Jericho" (Michelle)- CBSC #6

This song is a biblical allusion for about 10 seconds and then turns into my own confession.

Early this year I thought I was the shizz. The difference is now I know if for sure. Ok, so there will be some humor. I thought I had it so figured out I would graciously show some younger students "how to live" the Karen way.

As it turned out, I needed people as much as they needed me. This song starts quite pompous, placing myself as Joshua and Michelle as a wall that needed breaking down. What happens by the end is that all the time I was "banging my drum" and telling her that I was going to bring down her walls, my own wall was damaged and came crumbling down.

This song is truth, pure and simple. I agonized over it for 6 days. I had the first half down and started to question it. So I pulled out my banjo and the second half poured out. Those are the best songs.

This song originally included a verse about French-speaking peas throwing slushies at my head. But I decided to keep it real instead.

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