Words & Music

by Mike Power

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  • The Thaw

    There are no clouds in the sky this morning The birds are flying free The sun is giving gentle light and trying its best with the warmth The planet turns, the grasses grow through snow and even concrete’s cracks Maybe the hard things need some breaking up Maybe the time has finally come to bring… Read more

  • Time

    We all know the terrible things that time can do to us. But if we are smart, and curious, and kind-hearted, and more than a little bit lucky, time can also do wonderful things.   Read more

  • Magdalena (live)

    Do you ever continue to believe in something, even after you find out it doesn’t exist? I do it all the time. This song is called Magdalena…   I know Magdalena’s not real but I still remember how she made me feel it’s a lie no truth can conceal and I miss Magdalena oh yea,… Read more

  • Religion

    I have no objection to any person’s religion, be it what it may, so long as that person does not kill or insult any other person, because that other person doesn’t believe it also. But when a man’s religion becomes really frantic; when it is a positive torment to him; and, in fine, makes this… Read more

  • The words we were afraid to say…

    Nothing that elicits or inspires desire Is welcome in the place anymore The wind that you hear crying Isn’t crying out of hope or need The hottest we can get is warm But there is no bottom to the cold cold cold cold The impossible, that became the unthinkable, Became the impractical before becoming the… Read more

  • First Impression

    I try to make a lousy first impression to avoid heightened expectations and other forms of complications There will be time for explanations later later later later Read more