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Love in the Time of COVID

by Guitar Poet

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1.
I built my cabin with my own hands-Cut down all the logs myself-Stood foundations in the land I staked my claim above Butte Ridge-A fire tornado raced through there-And burned the covered bridge Chorus 1:Strange amber hue, ember in trees/As the flames chase us to the sea Paradise is burning-There’s nowhere for us to flee Thirty years of toil and strife-More than half a life -Yet now I’ve lost my Paradise Blood sun by day-Smoke chokes the night-And yet some will deny this drought’s The root of all our plight Chorus 2: Red tail hawk flies aflame through the night-Like a phoenix dissolving from sight Paradise is burning -But we must keep our hope alive Bridge: Fear and desperation tinged by troubled respiration -The truth is suffocating cloaked by ashes in the light Surreal supplication through refracted domination -Let’s take this warped perspective And try to change the paradigm
2.
There’s a nurse who lives next door Her family sheltering in place Before work she kneels and prays For the human race From the window by her door She sees her daughter cry Love in the time of COVID She can’t kiss her kids goodnight Her patients in the triage ward All struggle to survive Their throats are tight their lungs are sore But she can’t tell them why She’s works so hard while hoping That they’ll all come through just fine She’s helping us through COVID So we can kiss our kids goodnight There is a nurse who lives next door Her family sheltering in place When her shift is done she prays once more For the human race But from her kids she keeps a distance So she can keep up the good fight I sure hope that one day She can kiss her kids goodnight
3.
The smell of lavender and poppy Sun and shadows on your legs You start to rustle right beside me As I glance down and see you wake The way you stroke my brow in silence Tells me more than words could ever say A budding love that’s once more sprouting As we wait out the looming plague In the past we were reliant On the distance we maintained Locked in mutual defiance That settled in, became ingrained But now instead of feeling slighted We’re unchained from all our past complaints Resentment gone our love burns brighter As we wait out the looming plague And so I bring you morning coffee Without a grimace on my face I’m so glad that you are smiling And that we’re in a better place I hope you really never doubted That the trust we have together comes with age I hope our love becomes unbounded Once we get past this looming plague
4.
Citadel 02:57
You know what it’s like to be too young for having words to understand just how it feels to be misused Hold you down by bended knee, to choke you so you cannot breathe All in plain sight to help tamp down the truth You don’t have to reconcile in order to forgive Your soul is like a citadel your heart is safe within We’ll make sure that you’re respected, not oppressed and unprotected We’ll stand with you ‘til hatred’s healed by love You know what it’s like to feel entirely unseen By those who should have held you in their heart From rusted chains to muffled rage They said you’re free yet you still feel caged Held back by social mannacles of power The hateful unapproving gazes come from every side Just as harsh as smoke from burning crosses in your eyes They think that you’re placated since you can’t get intubated But their lies break us apart for all to see now We see you We hear you We hold you We comfort you All of the inequities preserved through hateful past Crumble just like statues of harsh emblems that can’t last We raise you on your shoulders and we hold you by the hand In the of love unveiled you lead us to the promised land
5.
Without fanfare at Alamo Square a man walks his pug each day Painted ladies greet them there as the sun sends fog away He sat down on my bench and with a smile both sad and wry He cocked his eyebrow wondering if I could ever tell him why Why oh why, did my heart’s desire fly? My dream girl who danced harmony from strife Why oh why did my desire fly? The angel who helped choreograph my life They would meet each Sunday at the swing dance gathering In leather boots and punked out suit she was a sight to see A heart shaped tattoo on her chest peaked out with soaring wings But just what her heart was yearning for remained a mystery Every Sunday in the park he and they held each other near He’d see her once each week again for nearly 20 years But one day when she didn’t show they formed a search party Her bike was by the Golden Gate but she was never seen I woke up and then I thought this song might be a dream But one day I saw a shadow dancing solo on the beach And in that very moment, I felt my heart soar free Her shadow’s gone and she’s flown on into eternity
6.
I’ve done things that I’m not proud of But in the end that’s been a gift My mistakes are in the open And that’s helped me make a shift To be more open to suggestion And the things that others see So I can be a better man To my friends and family Chorus: So we can be- Truly free If we open up our hearts We give ourselves some room to breathe So we can be who we should be And help lull fear inside us through a deeper harmony I bet I’m not just guessing so don’t say it isn’t true That the anger you are feeling keeps my love from breaking through Don’t stay mired in a fantasy Of how our love should be Because that’s keeping you from seeing Our love’s true reality So don’t put our love behind you Or just put me on a shelf We can grow in love together When we let us be ourselves
7.
A plastic bag your only shield from rain People walking by ignoring you As you cough and shiver yet you don’t complain Because you know there’s nothing you can do Strange delusions deep inside your brain Leave you haunted by dark specters and confused They strapped you down inside a padded room But you escaped and then you found your soul’s refuge Now you’d like him right beside you but you’re alone again Russian roulette with your silhouette no substitute for a lost friend He bet the crystal’d drown out all his pain And I guess that’s why he’d never outlast you For you know that sadness comes back ‘round again Just like the furtive shadow in the moon No knight in shining armor Could survive your game for two Cinderella’s crystal slipper Nothing like your silver spoon No tourniquet can bloat your closed up veins To quiet the voices screaming in your head If the rusted needle can’t find its way in You’ll have to find another way instead You sense your bitter tenure here might end Just like it may have ended for your friend But serenity comes strangely into view When you think this is the last thing you might do Tempting fate this way’s the only time you feel OK Even if these words might end up being the last ones that you say That crystal pistols loaded up with ice instead of lead but nonetheless as deadly and cocked up against your head I guess it’s not too early-For things to end too soon At the Crystal Pistol Hotel at this bus stop with a view
8.
Flame Flower 02:36
Flame Flower Do you want someone to hold you Even when you cry? Do you want someone to guide you When your passion blurs your sight The love that can transpire Even when we cry Transfigures all desire So its flames blot out the light The memory of what we had Appears still quite ideal The smoke upon the hills have cast A shadow on what's real (chorus) We shared a smoldering flower Whose flames light up the night The pattern in the cinders The memory of your eyes Combustible power Re-meet and reignight How can we catch a fire If you can't love your own light (chorus)

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released April 23, 2020

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Guitar Poet Portland, Oregon

Brian Gore is an instrumental guitarist and singer songwriter based in Portland, Oregon. He is also founder of "International Guitar Night.

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