I always write the lyrics first. There are one or two exceptions over the years, but that's pretty much the way it's been. The process of applying music to words is a bit like scoring a film. You've got imagery.
The trouble with normal is it only gets worse. - Bruce Cockburn
The trouble with normal is it only gets worse.
- Bruce Cockburn
Lord, spit on our eyes that we may see, how to wake up from this tragedy. - Bruce Cockburn
Lord, spit on our eyes that we may see, how to wake up from this tragedy.
In between effect and cause and just beyond the range of normal sight, this glittering joker was dancing in the dragon's jaws. - Bruce Cockburn
In between effect and cause and just beyond the range of normal sight, this glittering joker was dancing in the dragon's jaws.
And I'm wondering where the lions are. - Bruce Cockburn
And I'm wondering where the lions are.
One day you're waiting for the sky to fall, The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all. - Bruce Cockburn
One day you're waiting for the sky to fall, The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all.
A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. - Bruce Cockburn
A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea.
Sometimes the best map will not guide you, you can't see what's round the bend. Sometimes the road leads through dark places, sometimes the darkness … - Bruce Cockburn
Sometimes the best map will not guide you, you can't see what's round the bend. Sometimes the road leads through dark places, sometimes the darkness …
But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight / Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight. - Bruce Cockburn
But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight / Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.
When you know even for a moment That it's your time Then you can walk with the power Of a thousand generations - Bruce Cockburn
When you know even for a moment That it's your time Then you can walk with the power Of a thousand generations
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