Brother Wren

Billboard Around Mention

Billboard Around Mention

Kind of an abstract "day in the life" sort of song I wrote in Cairo. I'm pretty happy with the song structure, but I'm curious if people enjoy the lyrics. Should I add any more instruments? Is there something lacking? I'll probably replace the synth bass with a real one.

sunday market quiet 
day, quiet life, comfort
friday evening riot
i could remember
i could surrender

soap opera six channels
five times to listen to you
four times we dismantled
can you forgive me
can you receive me

childlike attention
brings my thoughts full circle
billboard around mention
we are asunder
we are another

could i have foreseen the highway
intersecting the railway
i looked up and my hand dropped
i's... so.. scared... i could barely

(inst.)

talk to strangers speak 
my mind take a chance willingly
no more endeavors
forget the future
forget to nurture

one day a victim and
two days a martyr and
three days it's finished
but it's not finished
never be finished

could i have foreseen the highway
intersecting the railway
i looked up and my hand dropped
i's... so.. scared... i could barely talk

and i realize i had it before
and i wish that i had wanted you more
and i was lost in a world of dreams
where my words didn't mean a thing

was it a crime, was it fate, was it a travesty that brought me here?
could i take my will to bear? could i take my will to bear? 

sunday market quiet 
day, quiet life, comfort
friday evening riot
i could remember
i could surrender

it was my time to leave
it was my time to leave
it was my time to live
it was my time a reprieve

could i have foreseen the highway
intersecting the railway
i looked up and my hand dropped
i's... so.. scared... i could barely