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Aug 11, 2021
At the time I was creating Dear Anonymous, I was already happily married, but the memory of how much I hated the games, the personality switcheroos, and obvious attempts to 'train me', I wanted to communicate hope to those still slogging through the trenches in an attempt to find a meaningful relationship not built on B.S.
Like most of the creative ideas I have, I wind up going through a bunch of iterations of what the work could be in my head before committing to anything.
When I did commit, it originally came out as the three visual artworks below. Illusion, The Turnaround and Shiny Object. Alongside the images was going to be the text, but I never could get the words right.
Eventually, I found some words for the three images, but they weren't the love letter that I was envisioning. Frankly, what I came up with was a disappointment for what I was hoping to achieve creatively. At least so far as the creative work having that 'message in a bottle' feel I wanted.
So I kept working at it. And working at it.
Finally, while composing the music on the piano for a new song, it felt like it might be a fit feel-wise for the idea of a love letter in the lyrics. Over the course of the next few weeks, I laid out the music far enough to start writing the lyrics.
The concept that the love letter was now an audio transmission (you know, because now it's a song), the lyrics, "I hope these words haven't come too late..." opened the floodgates.
Within a couple weeks, I had the lyrics and within a couple more, I had the rough cut of the music laid out with a vocal rough laid over it.
Check out the demo version of the song where I played all the instruments and performed all the vocals. So what's a demo, you ask?
It's a rough recording to lay down the idea of the song. In this case, I got it close to how I envision the final version to sound.
The lyrics are beneath the player.
I hope these words haven’t come too late
That you haven’t resolved to let come what may
That the world still holds a little wonder or two
And you have faith a good man will come through
Because I’m on my way even now as you listen
To my voice via distant transmission
Intentions? Entrenched in
The belief that true love exists in
A world where unrest is allotted like alms
Siren songs are accepted as psalms
Where we nest in the flesh, holding like breath
And bed with our stress until we breed death
But I’ll make my way through the brambles and thorns
March, though the sun beats the sweat from my pores
Mirages appear and hint of your shores
And the life I believe we have yet to explore
Dear Anonymous to me now
Can’t promise cameras and crowds
Or a life that’s lived in the clouds
But you’ll find my love forgiving and faithful
Dear Anonymous to me now
Can’t promise tiaras and gowns
But you’ll be the queen to my crown
And when things get hard, I will not forsake you
I know I might seem a little naïve
Or perhaps it’s a ploy, me expressing these things
I admit sometimes it looks those ways
Eyes can deceive when we’re walking by faith
with the heat of seduction impeding our thoughts
until we yield to temptation at the cost of our hearts
Distorting the way we view ourselves
Till we no longer care for our relationship’s health
But times like these demand we look hard
Past the words used to hurt and the deeds that left scars
So we can wrest our best from spirit and flesh
Till sketch begets steps begets summit we crest
Though we may not know the day that we meet
The expanse of the journey we have yet to complete
One day I’ll finally know your name
And you’ll recognize the man from whence this all came
Dear Anonymous to me now
Can’t promise cameras and crowds
Or a life that’s lived in the clouds
But you’ll find my love forgiving and faithful
Dear Anonymous to me now
Can’t promise tiaras and gowns
But you’ll be the queen to my crown
And when things get hard, I will not forsake you
I won’t accept that love’s beyond reach
Or that we somehow deserve to have our trust breached
So I send this knowing somehow you’ll hear
and hope you can feel my presence draw near
Though in a way this message begins our ever-after
And I’ve put in work to be worthy of the chapter
Where we both dare and I get my chance
To have this dance
With you…
Dear Anonymous to me now
Can’t promise cameras and crowds
Or a life that’s lived in the clouds
But you’ll find my love forgiving and faithful
Dear Anonymous to me now
Can’t promise tiaras and gowns
But you’ll be the queen to my crown
And when things get hard, I will not forsake you
This is from a live spoken word performance of the song lyrics edited to better flow.
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