VARIATIONS

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AN INTRODUCTION TO VARIATIONS:

Over the years, I have written a variety of short stories, poems, film treatments, and one experimental memoir. (There’s a Person in Here; under the pen name, James Patrick)

VARIATIONS became away for me to take some of my original written work and express it in music. All of the lyrics found in the album are my original creation.

Since my musical talents are limited, I explored various ai techniques to create songs to bring my lyrics to life, and express them in a way that a listener might find more meaningful and enjoyable.

It is my hope that by exposing the lyrics in a musical context, and achieving some level of awareness as a lyricist, I would be able to pay back to the live music community with the production of additional live material without ai.

MORE ABOUT VARIATIONS:

The album consist of five original songs that explore the themes of longing, misunderstanding, self realization, loss, regret, redemption, and second/third chances.

Each original song I wrote and produced is covered in various genres by a “different” ai band, as a way of exploring and evaluating the artistic possibilities of the core lyrics/storyline.

Below you can find the copyrighted lyrics for each song. The album presents the five songs, in twelve genres, across eighteen distinctively arranged tracks.

I KNOW NOW.

I know now

What I don’t know now

And I know now

What I didn’t know then

All the lights are shining

Where darkness had been

Would I ever do it over

Could I make it thru again

I see the path I didn’t take

I see the roads I missed

I hear the voices calling me

So many on that list

Choices, choices, choices

Each one not the best

So many choices

Can’t you give a guy a rest

I know now

What I didn’t know then

And, I see now

What I didn’t see then

So now I get to speak up

Now I get to live

It’s not too late to wake up

It’s not too late to give

Every day before me

Is waiting to begin

Which foot will I put forward

Will I sink or will I swim

Voices, Voices, Voices

Playing in my head

So many voices

From the living and the dead

I know now

What I don’t know now

I know now

What I didn’t know then

Lyrics: J. Dixon Byrne

THE WIND BLOWS BY.

The wind blows by

And I think of you

And all those things

You used to do

To make me happy

To make me smile

The wind blows by

I cry a while

The stars come out

And I think of you

The way you promised

To be true

To stand by me

For all my years

Out come the stars

Out come the tears

Sometimes, nothin,

nothin at all

Gets me goin’

And I recall

How you felt

Holding me tight

I got nothin’

I dream all night

The sun comes up

And I'm still alone

I lay here scrollin’

On my phone

There’s no texts

No missed calls

Just your shadow

On my walls

The wind blows by

But it never stays

It’s a lot like you in many ways

I feel its touch, as it passes by

And the sound it makes

Sounds like a lie

The wind blows by

There it goes again

It takes me back

And I remember when

You made me happy

You made me smile

The wind blows by

I cry a while

I cry awhile

Lyrics: J.Dixon Byrne

SO MANY.

I've had so many starts

Played so many parts

So many so right

So many so wrong

So many things I did

So many I did not

So many I've remembered

So many I've forgot

So many lives lived

So many roles played

So many times brave

So many times afraid

So many done weak

So many done strong

It all feels so short

But it’s all been so long

Now I look back at then

Would I, could I

Do it all again

So many mistakes

So few gives,

So many takes

I just keep pushing on

So many I loved gone

So many times, I’d say

Time to walk away

So many new loves born

That help me weather the storm

So many days

So many nights

Not enough left

To make things right

Gotta keep pushing

Not look away

Time to get up

For another day

I let so many

Slip away

I let so many

Slip away

I don't want to slip away

Slip away.

I don't want to slip away

Slip away.

Lyrics: J. Dixon Byrne

NOT WITHOUT YOU.

I walk in the woods

I sing that old song

I look at the stars

I know I belong

These are the things

that I do

But not,

Not without you

I smile at the rain

I talk on the phone

I dine with my friends

I'm never alone

These are the things

that I do

But not,

Not without you

I rest in your arms

I hold your hand tight

I look in your eyes

I sleep thru the night

But not,

Not without you

The things that I do

Not without you.

Lyrics: J. Dixon Byrne

SOMTIMES I FORGET TO REMEMBER.

Sometimes I forget

To remember

It just seems

so much easier that way

If I don’t remember

I’ve got nothin to say

So I forget

To remember every day

Sometimes

I forget to remember

The things i did

That broke your heart apart

So many to remember

So easy to regret

I just can't remember…

I’d rather just forget

Sometimes

I forget to remember

The things we did

Together for so long

How your lovin

Made me strong

I forget that I was wrong

Then I don’t remember,

On purpose, all day long.

One day I’ll remember

To remember

If I'm man enough,

Yes, I think I can

I’ll remember all your pain

I’ll remember to explain

Then maybe you’ll forget

And remember,

To love me once again

Lyrics: J. Dixon Byrne