The Organs Hum and the Highest Key- by: unknown forgotten
I'd like you all to see one day
Such is when no one else is around
Me huddled over those electronic-
what was once ivory, now plastic
-tubeless analog machine that plays notes with ease
My back curved to the shape of a crescent
My head hanging limp at the neck
Watch these eyes as they glaze over profusely until I can't see a thing
But I'm watching my fingers blaze beneath
Not understanding where they're going but watching nonetheless
The amplifier projecting beyond it's means
And piercing not only the air and walls but what lies beneath
And the moment I begin to sing
Screaming and bellowing, striving to stay in key
The madness that pours out from soul
My feet tapping and dancing unable to keep me down
Fighting body and mind to keep everything aligned
To the moment my ears begin to pain and ring
And I'm nearly falling off the bench seat
When my mind is swallowed up in the mass of destruction
The words become unscripted and incomprehensible
The vocals rip my throat to shreds and bleed
The tune may change and become something entirely else
In the fury the song no longer matters
But the emotion put forth would tear your heart
As so it does mine and when i turn off the power
Of that old box that I pound upon
And the tears I never shed are resting upon my eyelids
The old box even hums when it's turned off
And I stand up slow
Wiping my eyes clear again
And walk out clear headed once again
The sound and substance shattering all the stresses I held
I'd like you all to see one day
Such is when no one else is around
Me huddled over those electronic-
what was once ivory, now plastic
-tubeless analog machine that plays notes with ease
My back curved to the shape of a crescent
My head hanging limp at the neck
Watch these eyes as they glaze over profusely until I can't see a thing
But I'm watching my fingers blaze beneath
Not understanding where they're going but watching nonetheless
The amplifier projecting beyond it's means
And piercing not only the air and walls but what lies beneath
And the moment I begin to sing
Screaming and bellowing, striving to stay in key
The madness that pours out from soul
My feet tapping and dancing unable to keep me down
Fighting body and mind to keep everything aligned
To the moment my ears begin to pain and ring
And I'm nearly falling off the bench seat
When my mind is swallowed up in the mass of destruction
The words become unscripted and incomprehensible
The vocals rip my throat to shreds and bleed
The tune may change and become something entirely else
In the fury the song no longer matters
But the emotion put forth would tear your heart
As so it does mine and when i turn off the power
Of that old box that I pound upon
And the tears I never shed are resting upon my eyelids
The old box even hums when it's turned off
And I stand up slow
Wiping my eyes clear again
And walk out clear headed once again
The sound and substance shattering all the stresses I held
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