“Second Fiddle”
Practice my scales early morn till the night
Shoes built for comfort taking breaths so I might
Blend with the chorus
Support the composition
Defer to my right on form and decision
But I guess I got tired, of playing second fiddle to you
So I take to the street with my wares at my side
Bound with a purpose thats supposed to suffice
And I play with my heart
A new found position
The people gather round, humming minuano 6/8
then I wake up to playing second fiddle again
I dont ask much
But breaking my heart just isnt enough
To make a dent
On a culture of death so its time to repent
And sit in the mess, playing second fiddle
Till the end
Theres no solutions just some tradeoffs ive found
And giving up means a lot more to me now
But theres nothing to do, no savior coming
So buckle your shoes, you better start running
Cause the fortunes for you, just stay close and bunch in
So ill watch it burn through while playing second fiddle for you.
“Make it Universal”
Strike the match and light the page
The moral of the story and the day to day.
“We’re all one” Ive heard before
On a coffee cup from the corner store
Make it universal
Hit them in the heart
The one they bought and used and sold for parts
You wont connect with what they see
A feral wasp amongst the worker bees
But just look at the grand design
The honey comb that theyll produce in time
Make it universal
Hit them in the heart
The one they bought and used and sold for parts
They wear the flags and colors or war
Then write about some petty romance they werent fighting for
Cause its all fodder for the game
Bring in a bigger voice just for the name
Make it universal
Hit them in the heart
The one they bought and used and sold for parts
Disposable relationships
Empty worn cliches
Trade the joy for capital
Then socialize the pain
Make it universal
Hit them in the heart
The one they bought and used and sold for parts
Use the culture as a bludgeon
The struggle as a blade
And make it universal any way.
“Lazy Susan”
Lazy susan
Inching closer back to me
Next round comin
Fine dining or microwaved tea
You take what your given
Thats what youll be
You claim that the next time round wont be replete of the options I crave and the days that we made wont be turned into weeks
You’ll flip on the light, artificially bright
Just line up to the right
Its a fools errand
Put the record on repeat
Validation
A dead eyed culture’s public notary
Tip to tail
Rosin to bow
If you dont have the friction your decision lacks the note
Its a long haired whisper and it doesnt make a sound
But from a distance it looks like youve got it figured out
And its a long way out
Lazy susan spinnin round
And I gotta get out
“Solace in the softer sounds”
You wear your heart on your sleeve like a bandolier
And every admission like the proof that its clear that your searching
Yea your searching
But there’s a fine line between reverence and parody
You’ve been walking beside screaming at the people that you see
And you claim your a mystic but got no time for reverie
I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that your waters only run so deep
But before the time that I recognize
I don’t wanna come back down
There’s solace in the softer sounds
You go to Scripture to find what you already doubt
Pouring over the verses, obfuscating about how your searching
Sure, your ‘searching’
Cause there’s a fine line between telling truth and sophistry
You’ve been walking the line hoping that the people fail to see
Plus your hocking a line, gotta monetize the certainty
Looking perfect in pink singing your heart out bout cartography
But before the time that I recognize
I don’t wanna come back down
There’s solace in the softer sounds
The first single from my new record is coming out Tuesday. Its called “hail fellow well met”
Ill be setting up @jkaufmanmusic to handle the music posting duties soon, so follow that if you are interested. For now Ill also be posting here.
Im using the name J Kaufman for all producing/engineering and songwriting going forward to avoid confusion with the two other Josh Kaufmans in the music industry.
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