Recently, I've posted a few demos of new songs that I'm currently working on. Here's another that I was writing last night (still pretty rough), and I post it for a couple of reasons: feedback, yes, but even more than that, an experiment: help me write a third verse. I think it would be cool if you guys flexed some of your creative muscle and helped me finish out the song. Perhaps it doesn't need 3 verses, but maybe one of mine could be replaced. That would kind of be a neat, community-wide experiment, no? So, come on friends!, write another verse and leave it in the comments, and let's see what happens. If I end up using your verse, or even parts of it, you get writing credit if it goes on the next record (which I have some potentially interesting ideas for "community" type stuff as well... hmm...)

The song is called "Carnival". Below are the current two verses that I have (still tentative, always tentative). It is about the proverbial "road"; an adventure we all, deep down, really want to take, even if it makes no sense or has no purpose. It is about wanting something different that you currently have; what else is out there? Where, no matter how pointless it may be, "with the wind against your back, life is just a carnival."

Carnival (click to listen)

Oh what a life you must lead
To wear your heart out on your sleeve
If this road will take you anywhere
Then what are you still doing here?

But with the wind against your back
Life is just a carnival

Oh what a sacrifice you've made
To leave behind all that's safe
And this road cannot promise what's in store
But that never held you back before

And with the rain on your face
Life is just a carnival
And with the wind against your back
Life is just a carnival

{Your verse three here??}

Have fun!