Words & Music

by Mike Power

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  • Everybody Lies – Mike’s Musical Monday

    When you lose something you’re supposed to go back to the last place you remember seeing it. It’s been a couple of months since I’ve written a song so I went back to Reichenbach Hall where I spent a few lunch hours last year sitting at the bar, writing lyrics. I found this one waiting… Read more

  • The New Normal

    The shadows of the trees are getting longer now, and meaner.Pretty soon they’ll kill us all and dance on our graves. The piano sat for a long time in silence waiting for someone to speak its language and when you did,When you touched its face as softly as the air,It only spat at you. The… Read more

  • Paris Sketchbook

    This dude is St. Germain, a bishop of Paris, who was known for his love of the poor. His monks were so afraid that he’d give everything away that they rebelled against him. He died in 576. For the next 900 years his relics were carried in procession through the streets of Paris. This is… Read more

  • Eiffel Tower

    I wrote this song a couple decades ago and recorded it a few years ago with Late Model Humans. A recent trip to Paris has brought it back to the forefront of my memory. It’s been so long since I held you in my armsIt’s been so long since you held me in your heartAnd… Read more

  • Scurrying: FHOP (Fictional Humans of Paris) #1

    Paris was fascinating, profound and enlightening, everything you’d expect from the City of Lights, but it was not relaxing, and relaxation was the thing Martine needed most of all. She was overworked, like most of her contemporaries, and underappreciated, like most females. She held the world at arm’s length for fear of it overwhelming her… Read more

  • This Bastard Dance

    This bastard danceOf furtive movementsAnd stumbling stepsHas broken my self-confidence I’m going to missThe sound of your footstepsSeeing you smileAnd hearing you sing This bastard danceHas twisted my anklesShattered my kneecapsAnd dislocated my hips I’m going to missThe nervous way you play with your hair when you talk to meI’m going to missThe way you… Read more