The long ago, and the short of it, now

electric upright bass bridge

Bring it into focus
Turn up the light
Turn down the heat
Wind it up to 160 bpm again
Slow it down to 90 and repeat

Fleet fingers riding the rosewood boards
Single note lines and chords
Whole songs memorized to play
For crowds of peers
Who thought my skills
ruled the day

Years later, I’m a man

with no time to sit
and practice
the songs have all been forgotten
but my fingers ache
my ears are thirsty
my heart still wants to play.

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