Eric Pearson: My Songs

Capsule

Where do you think you are?
Look around, sealed in a jar

Scratch the edge, set to escape
Try as you might, won't get far
Truth is, it’s mostly lies
Don’t trust what’s before your eyes

Slow at first, you start to wake
Then all at once, the illusion dies

[CHORUS]
Living in a simulation
You’re just an equation
You’re a virtualization
Quantum Pixelation

Shadows dancing in this rave
Does it matter how you behave?

Work or play, master, slave
No escape from Plato’s cave
I may think I’m really me
But maybe I’m an N.P.C.

What’s outside no one can tell
Stuck here in this virtual well

[CHORUS]

Quantum Pixelation

The Christmas rush is here again
There’s magic in the air
With children who come to see Santa

Toys and rings
Ties and things
Underneath our tree
And a special gift to you from me

And yet in this world
There are children in war
There’s no magic for them
Only sorrow

And for every child
Who’s asking for
A toy gun this year
How many would have all the real ones disappear?

I find myself
Wondering
What it’s all about
How can we feel joy
When so many do without

But the innocence
In children’s eyes
Helps me realize
That someday
True Christmas will arise

If I had a wish come true
For Christmas day
I would make all of the hate
Go away

There’s only one way
We’ll live forever
Living
Together

And so to you
Your loved ones too
I wish you all the best
And hope, hope is alive
When everyone knows it
And everyone shows it
True Christmas will arrive

True Christmas

I've been kicking around this tune for years. All I had was the chorus and the word "Madelaine". I finally decided to write some lyrics beyond that one word, and flesh out the tune out into a full song, complete with an old school bridge. I'm not a great singer so I worked electronically on the voice to embellish it with some improvements, treating the voice as just another instrument to manipulate. It's in a style I think could be best described as "Jazzy Pop". Hope you find it catchy...

Quantum Pixelation

Eric Pearson / YUM Productions