Songsmith - Magellan

A writer like a blacksmith-forging works of iron

The jagged edges tempered into solid scripts for hire

Solitary craftsman at his console merging audio discrete

An ever changing soundscape sets the stage;

the twains shall meet

In a union strong

Just like a working stiff

He is a Songsmith

In a strange synthesis

«Restoration» announced

It’s the new riffs that count (no mainstream bore playing 13/4…)

Break out of silence-complete the curve

The Songsmith maintaining his avant-garde nerve

Innovation his palette-the urge and the test

Adrenalin flowing, he can’t even rest unless-

Harmonic elements and special fx

Conform to all his whims, an interpretive text

But he’d sing for the masses if he just had the time

With a vocal ideal and a long lyric line

He is a Songsmith

Break out of silence-complete the curve

The Songsmith maintaining his avant-garde nerve

Innovation his palette-the urge and the test

Adrenalin flowing, he can’t even rest unless-

Harmonic elements and special effects

Conform to all his whims, an interpretive text

And he’d sing for the media if he had equal time

With a vocal ideal and a long lyric line

He is a Songsmith

It’s not too late for the Songsmith

The curtain opens for creativity

Give a backseat role to conspiracy

Hear the signature and the melody

Of the author flow in polyphony

Will the writer last?

Will his trade survive?

In a world of commerce

Can he hope to thrive?

If his final sequence is not contrived

Keep him honest now

Just to keep him alive

We need the Songsmith…