New Song

A Better Thief

So I finally got to Rome
I saw the Coliseum
It was my my senior year
Valley of the Roman Forum
My class was sitting there
Apparently fatigued
But I was on my way to the Capitoline

A cityscape
Opened wide before me
I then saw the world
There in all its glory
And it was wild
Just the way Cat Stevens sang

Since then I've grown a little bit
Learned a few things
Maybe gonna write some hits
And play some weddings
Did some homework and I
Listened to the albums that I always should have known
Now it's time to play some music of my own

We hit those Dublin streets
Like a band of raiders
With hymnals in our hands
We set out from Findlaters
We sang our hearts out, and a few gave theirs away
I think I lost mine as I saw the moon over Bray

It was a dream
That I've since tried to capture
It's something Lewis talks about
It's something like the rapture
Further up
Further in

And so I've grown a little bit
Learned a few things
Maybe gonna write some hits
And play some weddings
Did some homework and I
Listened to the albums that I always should have known
Now it's time to play some music of my own

But there is nothing new under the sun
All I can hope to be is a better thief
Than the guy who came before me, and hope that you
Won't realize that I have stolen
All the tunes I thought were golden
Unless you're Brian Eno
You've only got a few notes
And chord combinations
Before you hit repetition
Solomon he knows what's up, he tells me the truth
So I'll drink from the cup of wisdom while I've got my youth
I must choose wisely

I guess I'll grow a little bit
And learn a few things
Maybe gonna write some hits
And play some weddings
Even though it seems that I
just keep discovering the shores I call my home
I guess I'll keep playing music of my own.


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Also, for those who don't know, most of the songs for the upcoming album w/ Third Lobby are here:
Matt Brown's Secret Songs
And here:
More Secret Songs