Great vibe and instrumentation. Ooooh love that chorus effect

Infact I'll add this to my Feb 21 Freak Radio playlist too

Great combination of the lyrics and music!

Venus on The Half Shell

Verse 1:
Botticelli had a dream
He had a vision
It flowed like a stream
Because of his decision

To paint a woman so fair
None would doubt her beauty
He could not paint her on air
Should he show her booty?

Chorus 1:
Venus newborn
In Greek mythology
Not in science
Or in anthropology

Verse 2:
Proudly displayed at Uffizi Gallery
In Florence it pays many a salary
An icon of the Italian Renaissance
So famous with a great response

You stand so tall and large
With your long flowing lines
Seeing you is such a tall charge
Best some very fine wines

Chorus 2:
Venus newborn
In Greek mythology
Nude on the giant scallop
Not on a horse at gallup

Verse 3:
Were you for the Medici family 
Or someone else entirely
For some this is agony
For me its not even in my diary

Inspired by the Sistine chapel?
So much beauty in Rome
Or perhaps it was eve’s apple
That drove you home






2 Poems about Venus:

1.
Venus Transiens
BY AMY LOWELL
Tell me,
Was Venus more beautiful
Than you are,
When she topped
The crinkled waves,
Drifting shoreward
On her plaited shell?
Was Botticelli’s vision
Fairer than mine;
And were the painted rosebuds   
He tossed his lady
Of better worth
Than the words I blow about you
To cover your too great loveliness   
As with a gauze
Of misted silver?

For me,
You stand poised
In the blue and buoyant air,
Cinctured by bright winds,
Treading the sunlight.
And the waves which precede you   
Ripple and stir
The sands at my feet.



2.
Her eyes draw a heavenly peace to mind,
Where the green color of the sea doth dwell.
Her face is a beauteous wishing well,
Which reveals her splendor to all mankind.
Her golden hair gently blows in the wind,
As she sails across the sea on a shell.
Any attentive viewer's eyes can tell
That her figure was carefully designed.
Zephyr and Chloris continue blowing
Their perpetual winds over her head.
The pink flowers of beauty keep flowing
Across the landscape in which she is led.
Towards the shoreline her seashell keeps going,
As the Hora of Spring robes her in red.

Venus On The Half Shell

I am Dan Lockhart/ProgRockDan.  I am half of the duo Dan X2.  I enjoy making music with my partner Dan Blackard.  I was born in East St. Louis, Illinois.  I was raised in a rural area near Edwardsville, Illinois.  I have lived in San Antonio, Texas; Bad, Kreuznach, Germany;  Kansas City, Missouri; Columbus, Georgia; Haverhill Massachusetts;  St, Louis, Missouri, and Indianapolis, Indiana.  I have resided in Carmel Indiana for the past 20 + years.  I consider this home.  I have a small studio in my home.  I go to it everyday and work on creating (writing) songs.  I play bass, guitar, banjo, mandolin, pedal steel, piano, violin, and viola.  I use Cubase for my DAW.  I master using Izotope, Ozone.

You can find my other music on these sites:
https://soundcloud.com/progrockdan1
https://soundcloud.com/dan-lockhart
https://soundcloud.com/progrockdan-instrumentals

https://www.reverbnation.com/prdvocals
https://www.reverbnation.com/progrockdan1
https://www.reverbnation.com/daniellockhart4

My songs with Dan Blackard can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-106484228
https://soundcloud.com/user-590884876

https://www.reverbnation.com/dananddan5
https://www.reverbnation.com/danx2


I have a collection Christmas songs here:
https://www.youtube.com/@prd.christmas4703

Children's music are here:
https://www.youtube.com/@musicfirkids

Here is a link to my Patreon Page.  You can find music that is only available to my patreon supporters on this page.
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=59878068

I have 72 Songs about Space here:
https://hearthis.at/progrockdan1/set/space-songs/

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