Tunes to Our Lives

Something I cooked up at 2:00 a.m. Yes, in the morning not afternoon! O_o So if it doesn't seem right, then I have a reason. This really has no 'specific' message behind it, just read.

 

Tunes to Our Lives

 

Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and games

The air is rushing at my face in full force

My feet are pounding at the ground as if I were a horse

I am going to win this, I am going to win this

Three, two, one! I’m across the finish line

 

Wherever you go, I’ll be with you

Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you

He knows this all too well, it’s true

But he doesn’t realize these feelings are new

Soon enough, I will be the flame in his heart

 

The children’s carousel; the chestnut trees; the wishin’ well

Love is a splendid thing and ages peacefully in time

After years with the same love, it seems to be a rhyme

Those who are young will have fun again and again

Ones who are old have less, but they remember then and when

 

My father was a gamblin’ man, down in New Orleans

A young man works every day away on the tracks

Never caring about all the things his life lacks

Sure, he grew up handling the house at age nine

But that only prepared him for life, it taught him to be a man

 

One minute I held the key, next the walls were closed on me

And I discovered that my castles stand upon pillars of salt & pillars of sand

Lines are traced across the page and words as well

Deep within my thoughts, I can hear the lively bell

It keeps me sane and pushes me further down the gold path

 

Music is in the worst and best of all of us

Even if it’s not the song you want it to be

When words don’t get the job done, music steps in

It is great because when it’s heard it doesn’t hurt

 

 

Songs included in this poem (in order):

Welcome To the Jungle – Guns N’ Roses

The Flame – Cheap Trick

I’ll Be Seeing You – Billie Holiday

House of the Rising Sun – Animals

Viva La Vida – Coldplay

 

 

Author's Note

Ignore the grammar problems. Tell me what you think!

Reviews

[-La dee dah- Ski]

I LOVE THOSE SONGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All of them!!!! This was an awesome piece, I loved it!!

[Alias Fletcher]

I love it! I am captivated by the colored text. And the insights into life. charly

[Sheila Kline]

Hey, I like it...........good use of all the songs, and the way you mention the artists in it.
It is refreshing and not a bad job for 2:00 am.....you were alive and thinking about something to finsish....ok gal! Keep at it.....!!!! Music surely can be the worst and best of us!!

[Jessica Fox]

Great poem I like what you did! I love House of the Rising Sun what an awesome song