Category: Lyrics Explained
Nowhere In The World
I wrote this song when my mother died . It had been a long and brutal struggle with cancer but still seeing her final breath did not lessen the shock. The feeling of an emptiness that is blank and ste... Read More
Is Love All You Need ?
I was raised on the classic Beatles song, “All You Need Is Love.” And the philosophy of this record was a real thing in the youth movement of the day. There was a Hippie Revolution and a m... Read More
When The Cubicle Starts Closing In
In the course of my artistic career I have usually had to have a day gig to pay the bills . Mostly I worked in a cubicle kind of office environment. I found the weirdest part about the whole thing was... Read More
Free Money For Everyone !!!
Recently many Tech Wizards have been talking about all people getting a guaranteed monthly income. Mark Zukerburg has been a big proponent of this . What would we do with all that free money ? I for o... Read More
Does Success Mean Never Having To Get Out Of Bed ?
One of my many American Dreams has always involved endless sleep. Or at least the end of demands that require getting out of bed. Capitalism paints a beautiful picture of hiring people to make you mon... Read More
The Importance of Creation
Another Train is pretty much about trying to work on a song while the world is falling apart all around you. When you grow up poor, doing Art is insane. It’s wonderful and magical, but it’... Read More
Are you a child of the milkman ?
One of the great tragedies of sperm donership is the child who can never meet their biological parent. This is a hole that can never be filled. As good as an odd family background is for art, I’... Read More
Clean Water Is More Precious Than Gold
How we take it for granted. A fresh glass of cold clean water. And yet how long can we last without it ? And how much is left ? And what’s to stop the powers that be from controling it and contr... Read More