The chords to this - as I've just written it - are G...D....Em.....C with the 'DO NOT ALLOW...'bit using G..C..G...D...
This song formed itself last night out of a slow chord structure and the first lyric line.
I'm not sure what to make of it yet but it's a pretty melody for such sombre words. I'll try it out tonight at the Imperial Hotel.
At a few songs a year, it sometimes feels like an arid creative landscape that I inhabit. All the more joyous to experience the creative process when it does choose to bubble up.
RECOGNITION OF THE NEWBORN CHILD
I RECOGNISE THIS MIST ... I’VE WALKED THIS PATH BEFORE
I RECOGNISE THIS MIST .... BEFORE I WENT TO WAR
MY SENSES ARE ALERT, THERE IS NO NEED FOR HASTE
I RECOGNISE THIS WAR ON PEACE
I RECOGNISE MY STATE OF GRACE
DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE
TO BE OUR PERSONAL DOWNFALL - TOO MUCH AT STAKE
WE’VE WALKED THIS PATH BEFORE
IT WAS IN ANCIENT TIMES - YOU REMEMBER
WE’VE HAD OUR ARMAGEDDON - WE’VE HAD OUR HOLOCAUST
WE’VE WALKED THIS PATH BEFORE .... WE KNOW THE COST
DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE
TO BE OUR PERSONAL DOWNFALL - TOO MUCH AT STAKE
I RECOGNISE THIS CHILD,.... I RECOGNISE THE NEED TO BE GENTLE
I RECOGNISE THIS MUCH .... WE’VE WALKED THIS PATH BEFORE
I CANNOT SAY WHICH NEED IS MORE BUT NEEDS OUR DEDICATION..........
I WILL NOT ALLOW FOR THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE
TO BE OUR PERSONAL DOWNFALL - TOO MUCH AT STAKE
I RECOGNISE THIS MIST...... I’VE WALKED THIS PATH BEFORE
THE MIST IS JUST BEFORE MY EYES -EXTENDS NO MORE
MY VISION CLEARS UP, THERE IS NO NEED FOR HASTE
I RECOGNISE THIS NEW BORN CHILD.
I RECOGNISE OUR STATE OF GRACE
WE WILL NOT ALLOW FOR THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE
TO BE OUR PERSONAL DOWNFALL - TOO MUCH AT STAKE
D GRIFFITH 23/12/08