When I Start Writing Songs, And They

I've Always Had An Obligation To Creation, Above All.

I've Had To Try And Find A Way Over The Years Of Writing Narratively That Doesn't Really Require You To Sit Down And Work Out What The Story's About. You're Brought Into A Sort Of Sequence Of Images That Have That Emotional Resonance, But It's Kind Of Irrelevant What The Actual Story Is. It's Taken Me Maybe 13 Albums Or Something To Work That Out.

We Cannot Afford To Be Idle. To Act On A Bad Idea Is Better Than To Not Act At All. Because The Worth Of The Idea Never Becomes Apparent Until You Do It. Sometimes This Idea Can Be The Smallest Thing In The World, A Little Flame That You Hunch Over And Cup With Your Hand, And Pray Will Not Be Extinguished By All The Storm That Howls About It. If You Could Hold Onto That Flame, Great Things Could Construct Around It, That Are Massive And Powerful And World Changing, All Held Up By The Tiniest Of Ideas.

You Know, An Idea Is Just An Idea. There Seems To... The Kind Of Epiphanies That You Have, Like The Little Sudden Bursts Of Light, They're Very Small And They're Very Short And It's The Pursuit Of The Idea That's The Important Thing. . . . I Know A Lot Of People Who Have Way Better Ideas Than I Do That-much More Frequently Than I Do That Just Can't Sit Down And Actually Do It. Ideas Are Such Are A Little Overrated Really; It's The Work Behind The Idea That's The Important Thing.

And I Kissed Away A Thousand Tears My Lady Of The Various Sorrows Some Begged, Some Borrowed, Some Stolen Some Kept Safe For Tomorrow.