The Lake Song by RF Raser published on 2022-08-21T17:11:52Z I think this is the best song I've ever done. I wrote it years ago, but I think this is the first take of it I feel does it justice. Hope you like it! Lyrics: The Lake Song It’s 99 in the summer sun I ain’t got a clue what’s been going on I’ve got a beer to drink and a guitar to strum and a song to sing about someone I love Got five bars I hear but my phone ain’t on I think it’s inside up the stairs somewhere, I may be wrong The breeze is soft and smooth beneath the blue-red sky above a bunch of forests that ignited right beneath the midday sun Between the sad majestic cries of a loon’s depressed surprise at the premature demise of a friend who couldn’t fly as I lay out on the dock beneath the sunshine in my eyes behind them I can’t help but wonder did that loon’s friend even try I couldn’t say it wouldn’t And I wouldn’t say I it couldn’t Shouldn’t blame it but I would if I could shame it to the sky I’d point right in its face As if it fell right out of space And I would put it in its place And make a damn good case to fly I’d say to chase a dream That you can’t quite catch Believe in something That you haven’t seen yet Run a race, if you finish last Know you gotta start slow That’s just the way to get fast It’s 65 and the summers done For a sec I thought I knew but now the moment’s gone Still got beer to drink and a guitar to strum And I’ve still got songs to sing I’m cold but still in love Was true I had five bars up here now I’ve got none ‘cause I left my phone in my shorts and then I got drunk and jumped and split the waves beneath the blue-grey sky above a bunch my friends dying laughing at my stupid drunken stunt And that loon’s cries still fill the night guess it was more than just surprise that made a bird forsake the sky that it was only born to fly ‘Cause now September’s come and gone like that loon’s friend returned to dust and memories that are enough to make a past that carries on And I couldn’t say it shouldn’t and I couldn’t say it wouldn’t shouldn’t blame it but I would if I could shame a loon to fly I’d point right in its face with calloused honesty I’d say its friend’s short life was just a waste if that loon mourns away its time Because it never chased a dream It just assumed it couldn’t catch It had no faith in anything It couldn’t see yet It went and ran a race And when it finished last It decided being slow Meant it would never be fast It chose not to brush the sky So it could’t crash To live to die slow Rather than try to get fast Chose to leave its friend alone For the eternal past And a legacy as empty As the dreams it never had It’s not that I don’t care But I’m still moving on I can’t rewrite the past But I can write a song To keep those poor sad birds alive For like three minutes at a time At least in memories of mine Where even though they’re dead and gone When I sit out by the dock alone Beneath a starless empty sky On a silent winter night I can still hear them sing their song Genre Rock Comment by Bubba Loaf very cool.....I wasn't expecting the song to go in the direction it did. 2022-08-21T21:51:29Z Comment by Llanpsych Great!! 2022-08-21T20:06:05Z Comment by Owen Rose Chill we are ready - 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 .𝚌𝚘𝚖 2022-08-21T17:30:15Z