[Paulski]

Shadow Puppets

Children playing with the light in the hall
Little hands cast silhouettes on the wall

There's a rabbit
There's a camel
There's a frog
There's a cat with funny ears
No, it's a dog

Squirm and giggle, make 'em say crazy things
Make them jiggle, make them bigger, make 'em shrink

There's a rabbit
There's a camel
There's that frog!
There's a cat with funny ears
No! - it's a dog!

Innocence gets lost
Where does it go?
Maybe those shadow puppets know

{instrumental}

Innocence gets lost
Where does it go?
Maybe those shadow puppets know

Life is fleeting, soon I'll draw a final breath
A setting sun peeks through the curtains at my bed

A fuzzy image on my covers now appears
Is it a dog? No, it's cat with funny ears

Innocence gets lost
But it comes home
It's just as I suspected all along
Only our shadow puppets know
Only our shadow puppets know.

[Darren1664]

Hey Paul!

Fun and playful and yet so DEEP!! Excellent lyrics!! Look forward to the music

Darren

[Royston]

Hi Paul

A very well thought out lyric reminds me very much of the poems written by the Poet Blake look forward to hearing the finished song good write.

Cheers

Royston

[Paulski]

Hi Darren and Royston

Thanks for the kind comments.
I'm recording this now - I hope I can do it justice 

Paul

[diademgrove]

Hi Paul,

great lyrics, made even better by being a grandfather.

The only line that doesn't work for me is the final breath. Up to then the what, where, who etc was left to my imagination. That line sort of pulled me up with "oh, I'm dying", broke up the magic for me. I like the "Life is fleeting" start as it could be about growing up into adulthood. The setting sun line gives us a choice on how we interpret the line, setting sun on childhood or setting sun on life.

Feel free to ignore me if you disagree, looking for to hearing the finished song.

Keith

[PaulAds]

Hi Paulski

I've read this a couple of times...it's really great!

I thought it could have gone really dark, but works great with much left to the imagination.

Having said that, most things left to my imagination = dark 

There's so much more depth to your writing than perhaps first seems apparent.

Thumbs up from me...or is that the middle of the "abba" logo in lower case...zzzz

[adamfarr]

Hi Paulski - powerful stuff, really liked it. A nice original take on the circle of life. Do I feel a ballad coming on? 

[PaulyX]

Really nice marriage between the playful childhood imagery and suddenly - bang! - some reflections on mortality!  You manage to combine the two so that the playful part doesn't get twee, and I love the way you alternate between the two moods here - I guess the music will switch major to minor at these junctures too.  There's nothing I'd change here Paul, really liked it, and the 'deathbed' part worked for me too. (I'm going to make a mental note of how you avoided tweeness here, since recently I've been getting too twee with my own stuff... thanks for the lesson).

[Paulski]

Hi Paul,

great lyrics, made even better by being a grandfather.

The only line that doesn't work for me is the final breath. Up to then the what, where, who etc was left to my imagination. That line sort of pulled me up with "oh, I'm dying", broke up the magic for me. I like the "Life is fleeting" start as it could be about growing up into adulthood. The setting sun line gives us a choice on how we interpret the line, setting sun on childhood or setting sun on life.

Feel free to ignore me if you disagree, looking for to hearing the finished song.

Keith

Hi Keith - and thanks for reading and commenting.
Yes - I agree that the "I'm dying" line is a bit abrupt as read - there is a musical segment before it that I hope will make it less so - but maybe I'm wrong...

cheers
Paul

[Paulski]

Hi Paulski

I've read this a couple of times...it's really great!

I thought it could have gone really dark, but works great with much left to the imagination.

Having said that, most things left to my imagination = dark 

There's so much more depth to your writing than perhaps first seems apparent.

Thumbs up from me...or is that the middle of the "abba" logo in lower case...zzzz

thanks Paul - yeah go deep or go home
Thick Canuck doesn't get the abba reference though
best
Paul

[Paulski]

Hi Paulski - powerful stuff, really liked it. A nice original take on the circle of life. Do I feel a ballad coming on? 

Cheers Adam "circle of life" - glad you got it - you'd be surprised at how many don't
I tried to escape balladland with my bluegrass song but it keeps dragging me back
Thanks for the kind comments.
Paul

[Paulski]

Really nice marriage between the playful childhood imagery and suddenly - bang! - some reflections on mortality!  You manage to combine the two so that the playful part doesn't get twee, and I love the way you alternate between the two moods here - I guess the music will switch major to minor at these junctures too.  There's nothing I'd change here Paul, really liked it, and the 'deathbed' part worked for me too. (I'm going to make a mental note of how you avoided tweeness here, since recently I've been getting too twee with my own stuff... thanks for the lesson).

Thanks Paul - glad you saw some merit. It's always tricky to juxtaposition two concepts in the same song. I'm hoping it works here. 
Thanks again
Paul