Morning Yearning

I have pilfered this title from a Ben Harper song which I just listened to and I can only say that it’s the most beautiful song I’ve heard in a good long time. Furthermore, the actual video for it was directed by the recently deceased Heath Ledger. This makes it all the more poignant and significant in my mind. It’s truly a tragic episode, the death of this man who espoused so much untapped potential still. Another thing that has touched me about this song and all related to it is that this is the kind of music I really want to make. I guess I’ll still dabble in the odd heavy project and what not, but I need to create emotive aural art and not music that’s hard for the sake of hardness.

That is all for now.


“Morning Yearning” Ben Harper

A finger' s touch upon my lips
It' s a morning yearning
Pull the curtains shut, try to keep it dark
But the sun is burning

The world awakens on the run
And will soon be earning
With hopes of better days to come
It' s a morning yearning

Another day, another chance to get it right
Must I still be learning
Baby crying kept us up all night
With her morning yearning

Like a summer rose, I'm a victim of the fall
But I'm soon returning
Your love' s the warmest place the sun ever shines
My morning yearning