J. Dale Walker - Hope's On Its Way

from Round 39, Week 7 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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My muse hasn't been a person for a long time. After giving it quite a bit of thought most of my songs can be boiled down to either the presence or absence of hope. So, that's what I wrote a song about. Also, this is my coronavirus voice. For once I didn't even have to work for the Tom Waits wannabe tones! Musically, yeah, I wanted to add more to this track, but frankly...it's been a rough week, so I kept it super simple. The three chord cyclical thing works for the concept of the lyric, so I didn't force it. And hey, a Kurt Vonnegut reference! Ain't my art so smart and totally not derivative?!

lyrics

In her absence
I repose
Through bleak midwinter’s
Jarring notes;
Say nothing,
Hope’s on its way.
Do nothing,
Hope’s on its way.

When sleepless silence
Burns away
Cozy blanket’s
Warm embrace;
Say nothing,
Hope’s on its way.
Do nothing,
Hope’s on its way.

Comes occasion
I suppose
When all seems lost
But so it goes;
Say nothing,
Hope’s on its way.
Do nothing,
Hope’s on its way.

Sweetest tempest
Is a muse
‘Spite your lonely
She may refuse
Say nothing,
Hope’s on its way.
Do nothing,
Hope’s on its way.

All my lifetime
Still I chase
Glancing smiles,
A friendly face;
Say nothing,
Hope’s on its way.
Do nothing,
Hope’s on its way.

It’s a cycle
We all know
Riding out those
Ebbs and flows;
Say nothing,
Hope’s on its way.
Do something,
Hope’s on its way.

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from Round 39, Week 7, released December 26, 2022

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