Taste

I wrote this song in my grandparents basement in Wyoming sometime during the summer of 2001. I was on a huge song writing kick during this time. Life sucked hard. I had moved to Cody to get away from Utah and the troubles it had brought me. I was working at a gas station and had hardly any friends, although the two new friends I made while living there are some of the greatest people in the world!! (Let's get together again and watch 'Friends' at 2 in the morning!)

It's weird to look back at something you worked on so long ago and remember the circumstances that brought it about. This song is pure throw away lyrics. I was just putting words together that really had no meaning, but they sounded great in a song. It's my sad attempt at sounding more intelligent than I actually am. There are little bits and pieces of what I was experiencing during this time in the song, but nothing grand, because nothing exciting was happening in life at all. It was just a steady stream on consciousness spewing forth. As I look back and read the chorus I wonder - was I singing about how I was dreaming about being someone other than I was?

*By the way, I wrote three songs yesterday and another one on the way to work this morning. There will be more brand new songs to come very shortly.*

You’re not exclusive to this measure

I won’t apply what I have learned

A fickle form of pleasure

A guilty soul at every turn

Have you seen tomorrow?

I think it wears your name

Not too much to live for

It’s gonna be the same

You’ve given up what you should cherish

The smile you wear is all too thin

Will you allow yourself to perish?

The light about you is getting dim

Have you seen the devil?

I think he wears your face

Can you live with yourself

And earn redemptive grace?

Now you see yourself in someone else you know

Time won’t let go

Still you hope that you’ll wake up from this someday

You didn’t know

You can’t escape your own suspicion

You’re to a point of no return

It’s an unholy recognition

So in whose bed will you now burn?

Have you seen forever?

I think she has your eyes

You’re a taste of never

A broken sunset sky

Now you see yourself in someone else you know

Time won’t let go

Still you hope that you’ll wake up from this someday

You didn’t know

With your struggles comes a glory

Someday you’ll win the war you wage

A happy ending to your story

The curtain drawn upon your stage

Are you such an angel?

I’ve seen you wear your wings

Love’s lost tale to tell

Love’s last song to sing

Now you see yourself in someone else you know

Time won’t let go

Still you hope that you’ll wake up from this someday

You didn’t know

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