Lunatic Fringe Lounge Premiere! "Wound On My Heart"

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Welcome to the premiere of the Lunatic Fringe Lounge. Tonight's first song is my first original tune. I suppose, I had my muse the day I wrote this song. I took me ten minutes to write after I had the chorus in my head for a couple of showers. Showers, by the way, are a very effective conduit for creativity and cleanliness.

This song was written from the point of view of a downtrodden young woman. She hasn't made the right decisions and maybe never will, but, she still thinks love and all the good stuff that comes with it will eventually be hers. She's a tragic optimist, I guess. Love and happiness probably won't happen for her because, frankly, she craves the danger and scary situations that the man in this song can only give. It's a classic catch-22.

I would also like to thank my collaborator, Brian Augustin, who also plays the acoustic guitar on this song. He's my Keith Richards. I had written the song two weeks ago and heard Brian strumming the eventually melody and, like that, the song came together in our minds. He's a genius. Here's the lyrics and sing along if you like. See you next Monday!

WOUND ON MY HEART
Written by Steve Tavares
Music by Brian Augustin

You got me thinking
The closest thing to love
Is the closest thing to sinking

The leader of the pack
I won't bother you
The only time I lead is in the sack

But I cry and cry
And wave bye bye
But I hurt you back
And then you take a hack

Wound on my heart
Wound on my heart
The pain of which has yet to start
I'm the cattle, you're the butcher
Wound on my heart

In my dreams the sun is fuzzy
The morning crisp as a wad of money
You're smiling there
Is that smile a frown
Or am I upside down?

Wound on my heart
Wound on my heart
The pain of which has yet to start
I'm the cattle, you're the butcher
Wound on my heart

Oh Ah Oh
Hey, I think I'm goin' stay
And carry, I'm going to carry
this wound on my heart