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Can You Tell Me
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Steven Jackson Vocals/Guitar Tim Aylesworth Bass/Guitar/Percussion
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My name is Steven Jackson I am a Singer/Songwriter from Kingston, Ontario, Canada. I have been writing songs for many years and I view the process as a
Songwriter from Kingston, Ontario, Canada. I have been writing songs for many years and I view the process as a journey. The beauty of songwriting is you never know where it is going to take you. Many roads become explored within the labyrinth of your mind and many emotions are uncovered. Songwriting is very personal, for me it creates a reason for being on this crazy world; when many things in life don't make sense, writing songs does make sense !. I would also say creating music is a means of gaining Immortality, the music will continue to exist long after death. Thus I am leaving something behind. I strive to write songs that are honest and from the heart, as a songwriter it is important for me personally to bare my soul. Integrity is something that I strive for. I hope and pray that my music has integrity. Death is a theme I find very interesting in life, I have been obsessed with death even as a child. Probably because so many loved-ones close to me have passed away. You cannot help but be affected by it. Death is a constant in my life. As you grow older the reality of death grows closer, I hate the idea of aging and dieing but again it is something you have no control over. That isn't to say I am not going to fight it, I will try, but the idea of death haunts me night and day, and it seems that for me there is no escaping it. In terms of my music, I consider the music and lyrics to be equally important. I strive to write lyrics that are relevent to my existence. The words are a vehicle for my voice to reach out and touch people, and maybe make you think a little, after all lyric writing is in my opinion, a form of Poetry......."Up above my head there is blue sky, below my feet there is dark, somewhere in the middle there is me, lost in thought".
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Peak #126
Peak in subgenre #48
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Steven Jackson Music/Lyrics
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SOCAN 2014
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May 19, 2014
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MP3 4.1 MB 128 kbps 4:28
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CAN YOU TELL ME : Music and Lyrics by Steven Jackson Can you tell me what it is that is worth dieing for Can you tell me why it is we have to go to war Can you tell me why it is we pray to one above Can you tell me why it is we hurt the ones we love. I don't really have an answer to what I'm trying to say These are thoughts stuck in my head that will not go away But I resolve that I will not be led astray at all. Can you tell me why we're bent on poisoning this world Why we try to change the others who are different Can you tell me as we make our way around the Sun We think we're so important like we are the only ones. I don't know what it is that I am trying to say I just know that these are thoughts that will not go away I get down on my knees and I start to pray to one above. That this world can seem so horrible That this world can seem so bad That this world can make you happy That this world can make you sad But when you stop and think about it, is it really so bad at all. Can you tell me how we measure a human life Is it all we have to give and all we sacrifice Can you tell me as we live our lives upon this world Why so little makes sense why it is absurd. I am sorry for all the bad things I've done in my life I feel sorry for all the sad things all the pain and strife I will really try to change and put it right, to put it right. At the end of the day the Sun goes down upon us all Are we the first to admit when we run and when we fall At the end of the day when the colours fade to gray As we slowly watch the people one by one they pass away. Our tenure on this Earth is a temporary thing Like two lives joined together by the passing of a ring It's our indifference that surfaces that the years will surely bring That makes me sad.
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