Cover Pic Credit: The School of Athens by Raphael, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

WAITING ON MY RENAISSANCE

© 2023 O’Brien/Whitfield; All Rights Reserved
Lyrics by Alex O’Brien, SOCAN; Music by Paul Whitfield, SOCAN

Paul Whitfield: all instruments, vocals, and production

I’ve disappeared inside a phantom orchard
I bite the apple now and then
I’m digging deep into a shadow answer
I shake the branches once again
And hope to find a timeless friend

Bear with me, I don’t know much
Bear with me, I’m out of touch
Bear with me, I’m not that smart
Bear with me, I have a heart
I swear I have a heart

I’ve reappeared inside a circle ballet
I smell the roses now and then
I’m spinning fast across the deep dark valley
I grab the branches but they bend
Don’t let them break on me again

Mr. Maestro, play my song
Mr. Maestro, dance my dance
I’ve loved you for so long
I’m waiting on my Renaissance

Mr. Maestro, play my song
Mr. Maestro, dance my dance
I’ve loved you for so long
I’m waiting on my Renaissance

Bear with me, I don’t know too much
Bear with me, I have no crutch
Bear with me, I’m not that smart
Bear with me, let living start
I beg let living start

Leonardo, lead me there
Leonardo, take a chance
Show me how and where
I’m waiting on my Renaissance
 
Mr. Maestro, play my song
Mr. Maestro, dance my dance
I’ve loved you for so long
I’m waiting on my Renaissance

And if only you could reach me
Waiting on my Renaissance
And if only you could teach me
Waiting on my Renaissance
And if only you could guide me
Waiting on my Renaissance
Please help me find what’s inside me
Waiting on my Renaissance

RELEASED TO SOUNDCLOUD JUNE 25, 2023

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Waiting on My Renaissance - Featuring Paul Whitfield

To celebrate 2000, I took a year off to write songs, novels, plays, and stories - and I've been doing that since. At the end of my first year, I won first prize in the USA Songwriting Contest in the Lyric Category for 'Drum Machines and Beauty Queens.' This led to co-writing songs with many excellent musicians, including those represented in songs posted here. 

More recently, I was one of seven finalists in the Crisis Lyric Category of the 2021 UK Songwriting Contest for 'Lockdown Blues,' and one of nine nominees in the 2021 International Song Awards with 'Didn't the River Know' and 'Blue and Gold.'

For the past two years, I've been collaborating with many talented musicians on Kompoz. I release many of these songs here and compile the best into albums released under Captain Stormfield's Trip on Spotify and other platforms (see links below).

Waiting on My Renaissance - Featuring Paul Whitfield

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