“My One Intention”

I don’t want you to love me

I don’t want you to hold me

I only want things that can be true

This faceless crowd annoys me

It bugs and trys to destroy me

I wonders aimlessly in the dark

But since the inquisition

Here’s my one intention

To find out what the future

Wants to bring

Inside the heart of darkness

I found a willing accomplice

She said the jewels are in the sea

We swam out to the ocean

We bounced and loved the motion

We sang the songs that set us free

And when its time to leave her

I’ll sleep alone and grieve the

Magic in her eyes that free my soul

Driving down to Bill’s apartment

The place of our embarkment

An adventure that requires that we let

Another Night, Another Song Idea, “After the Love is Gone”

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Stephen Pickering

After The Love is Gone by spickeringlr

They won’t leave me alone!!! I couldn’t even finish Saturday Night Live tonight with Charles Barkley for fear of forgetting it. And then I have this new thing, whenever I start a few lyrics I’m obsessed to finish the whole song. It’s a good habit, but annoying.

Here’s the first draft of lyrics:

After the love is gone

After the love is gone away

I need some place to hide

A secret guide to another place

With all that’s said and done

I still remember the fun we had

Tears and laughter too

All was possible with you

You taught me about myself

That there is something else to find

You helped me believe in me

Encouragement to realize my dream

Bridge:

And though it feels so empty without you

You gave me the strength to know what to do

All the love you gave to me

Allowed me to set my heart free

After the love is gone

After the love is gone away

There’s a sweet sadness

But priceless gift I’ve found a way

Won’t forget your eyes

They carried the bluest skies of faith

Yeah sometimes I’m blue

But I carry you in my heart always

So after the loving’s gone

I always will be strong though its through

The fire’s still burning bright

All through the winter’s night ’cause of you.

New Song Idea, Working Title “I Feel You”

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Stephen Pickering

Man, it seems like every night, song ideas pop into my head that I feel the need to get out. It feels good to get them out, like if I didn’t they would fester and wreak havic down in my subconscious, cutting off my future creative energy. So really as much as a result, it’s about a process. That’s what Blake tried to get across. The creative process. “Don’t fall in love with your own creation.” And its really freeing not to. It allows you to have fun with whatever your working on.

First Draft Lyrics,

I Think I Feel You

I hear you’re looking so fine on the cinnamon line

I hear you’re peeling you’re heart away

I want you so much but I’m feeling so rough

From another wounded holiday

When you come over tonight, ‘wanna hold you tight

Don’t want you to feel you gotta walk away

Looking through town feeling down like a clown

But it was just another sad display

{And once I did it wrong

I knew the first verse of the song

And once I had it all

I gave it to a bum for whiskey and malt

I know that you do, and I know that it’s true

You’ve always had a funky retro soul

I found out about him through the grapevine of friends

And now I have no other place to go

I want to see you again, you’re such an endearing young gem

You give me hope not to dwell upon things

If it works out just right, I’ll be leaving tonight

And won’t worry what the future brings

Stephen Pickering

Songwriter, Poet, Musician

Tag Archives: Songs

I made a New Song Tonight called “My One Intention”

Another Night, Another Song Idea, “After the Love is Gone”

New Song Idea, Working Title “I Feel You”