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| THE DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND | |
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Belmont 03:23 pm UTC 10/26/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Jim Blogged! - Keljeck 03:08 pm UTC 10/26/07 |
| Wow.....I actually kinda had DeJavu when I read "The Devils Play Ground". It reminded me a poem I wrote about a year and a half ago called "The Madman". I think the song Jim wrote is wonderful. Its amazing to think that he thought of it at the top of his head like he did. IF that isn't genius then I don't what is. I would be lying if I said Jims writing hasn't effected my writing as a poet. After I got into Jims music and songs my very writing has changed. Not alot of people have the ability to effect others writings and thoughts inavertantly (spell check??). All in all, "The Devils Playground" is great. I'm eager to see how the final version turns out with music added and what have you. Jim, your brilliant and I hardly say that to ANYBODY!!! > > > > http://jimsteinman.blogspot.com/ > > > > I'm more interested in the song than in the political > > babble. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it, I > > know what it means and I am blown away by Jim's > > characterization of Hook which is admitably, even after > > reading The Dream Engine and Neverland, not what I had > > expected. I'll post it here for convenience. > > > > THE DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND > > > > > > I will decorate this city > > With Ribbons Of Blood > > I will find the endless tears > > Soon to be a flood > > I will conjure up the magic > > Far beyond your sight > > I’ll illuminate this city > > With the ascension of the light > > > > Eternal terrors hold us down > > Keep us plodding in the mud > > I WILL DECORATE THIS CITY > > IN RIBBONS OF BLOOD. > > > > Broken hearts > > Are the Devil’s Playground > > Shattered dreams > > Disillusioned youth > > And all of man > > Is the Devil’s Playground > > Shameless lies > > And Shameful truth > > > > We’ll all succumb! > > And some time when > > The Dark exults and moons arise > > In the blink of an eye > > The Devil’s Playground > > Is Born Again! > > The Devil’s Playground > > Is Alive Again! > > So Come On Down > > To the Devil’s Playground! > > Come On Down > > Before It Disappears > > In the blink of an eye > > You see the Devil’s playground > > Now it all seems dead > > But it used to be here…Once! > > (Once it was here) > > Once! > > Before it disappeared! > > > > Once! > > ‘Once’ always disappears > > > > > > Trembling hands > > Are the Devil’s Playground > > Empty plans > > And hollow hopes > > ETERNAL TERRORS HOLD US DOWN > > AND WE’LL ALL BE DROWNING IN THE MUD! > > I will decorate this city > > With ribbons of blood……………… > > > > > > In the blink of an eye > > All is lost > > The storms they rumble > > And the winds are tossed > > In the blink of an eye > > You’re a sad old man > > Trying to remember > > Whatever you can > > In the blink of an eye > > Death will clutch you > > No respect > > For fortune or Fame > > In the blink of an eye > > It all awaits you > > Thousand of tombstones > > Waiting for the names > > Just waiting for the names > > > > In the blink of an eye…………… > > In the blink of an eye…………… > > In the blink of an ------- > > I > > I > > I > > I WILL DECORATE THIS CITY > > WITH RIBBONS OF BLOOD! > > > > (soft) > > > > No matter > > How tragic the loss > > No matter > > How heavy the cost > > To this very day > > I can stand tall and say: > > I fought for Paradise > > But Paradise lost > > I fought for Paradise > > And Paradise lost. > > It wasn’t your fault or mine > > Wasn’t this it wasn’t that > > But Paradise lost > > In the final at bat > > Paradise lost > > In the last at bat. > > > > (DARK.) > > > > I'm more interested in how sad the song is really more > > than the anger. I always saw Hook as a depressed > > individual driven insane by Pan being... well Pan. It'll > > take longer for me to pin prick at the wording, but as for > > what's being put across I love it. A mad old senex trying > > to bring back what probably never was, and never can be. > > I wish there was an editing function, though I know why > there isn't. I posted this too fast. A reread tells me > he's given up on the utopia in the first place. | |
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