Really nice lyrics! Reassuring and hopeful

Song a week 2024 #27

I'm on the road and this is what I did today; It's accorded between the road and the river. 

Photo Trinity River, CA, Highway 299

Let the River Soothe Your Soul

Cutting Corners

Written for r/songaweek 2025

-Sketch in A Phrygian-

Sketch in A phrygian

[Verse 1]

Down where the pines trees claw the sky,

Rivers runs red and the hounds dogs cry,

They strung me up for a petty crime,

Said, "Boy, you’re payin’ with blood this time."

The judge wore black, his grin was mean,

Coldest damn heart I ever have seen,

Said, "This ain’t justice, it’s a devil’s play,"

He laughed at me and said, "Son, that’s the Arkansas way."

[Chorus]

Too cruel even for Arkansas,

Too cruel, they've lost their way

Too cruel, even for Arkansas

Someones going to have to pay

[Verse 2]

The jailhouse stinks of sweat and rust,

Don't turn your back no one to trust

They feed you grits with a side of shame,

Before long you forget your name.

The guards are corrupt as the day is long

They don't care whats right or wrong

But I stared ‘em down, spit in their face,

Hell has got no saving grace

[Chorus]

Too cruel even for Arkansas,

Too cruel, they've lost their way

Too cruel, even for Arkansas

Someones going to have to pay

[Bridge]

The Ozarks echo with the preacher’s lie,

Repent, you sinner, it’s time to fry

Too cruel for the land of the razorback,

I’m breakin’ free, and I ain’t turnin back

[Break]



[Chorus]

Too cruel even for Arkansas,

Too cruel, they've lost their way

Too cruel, even for Arkansas

Someones going to have to pay

To Cruel.wav

Power

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

W B Yeats

When You Are Old

"Critical Theory" - (Psych-Funk) - [Themed]

r/SongAWeek submissions 2025 - Week 11 - "Too Cruel, Even For Arkansas"

(re-upload & re-mix)

indeed our times are too cruel. 

There is however an underlying geometry. It is only through the understanding of this geometric cycle that one can arrive at understanding.

The geometry is simple; it's a sphere being constantly filled and burst. A build that bubbles then crashes, a boom that bubbles then pops. 

you see? 

This is critical theory at its core; crueller even than  Arkansas. 

Cruel enough to rule it all. 

and so here we are. 

...enjoy?

LYRIçS:.

Build, build, bubble --
then: crash
Build, build, bubble --
then: crash
bubble --
then: crash
Boom, boom, bubble --
then: pop
Boom, boom, bubble --
then: pop
bubble --
then: pop

(repeat)

it's a critical theory
to the survival of the human race 
we come face to face
with the ruthless blokes
who control this place 
it's the only hope 
to restore our grace 

I'm feeling quite weary 
cuz solutions seem so out of reach 
yes for you and me 
but I know the beach 
is a place to see 
yes a place to see 
it's a place to see 

Build, build, bubble --
then: crash
Build, build, bubble --
then: crash
bubble --
then: crash
Boom, boom, bubble --
then: pop
Boom, boom, bubble --
then: pop
bubble --
then: pop

(repeat) 

I'm too cool even for Arkansas 
you're too cruel, just like the post I saw 

build build bubble then crash
pump the bubble with gas 
dump the rabble then dash
buy the rubble with cash 
make a mad dash; take a mad dash 
pity it's a trouble of class;
muddle up the masses
repeat until mastered; rehash
disaster at last
build build bubble then crash
bubble then crash 

(chorus reprise)

(verse reprise)

(outro reprise)





CritKal Theory

Arkansas

Song A Week #11 2025

Anxious Kind of Love

Baby you and me
We are meant to be
But we've got some anxious kind of love

It cautiously awaits
Every step we take
Yeah we’ve got some anxious kind of love

Please let’s set it free
Let’s talk you and me

You and me darling
Tend to overthink
Yeah we’ve got some anxious kind of love

It's feeding off our fear
Listen close my dear
Yeah we’ve got some anxious kind of love

Too quick a move
Too loud a word
It flees away alone and unheard
Yeah we've got some anxious kind of love

Too rough a stroke
Too long no kiss
It runs away all scared by the risk
Yeah we’ve got some anxious kind of love

Please let’s set it free
Let’s talk you and me

Anxious Kind of Love

The moon has seen some dark things in her time, but darker still are the deeds which occur when she hides her shining face.

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