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Intentions

from M by Jonathan Dalin

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Intentions

With the best of intentions he holds the remote.
Looking for something.
Listening to what anywho will say.
Plugs in his riffle, sequestering inside of a blog,
watching vigilant the same.
So what is the effect when the cause burns out ,
with just a click, raised on couch to watch and wait,
For the words of another touched up face
to bless my screen
and say that its ok.

When your heart is beating only for a poster,
Your mind is thinking only of the film.
Your heart and your mind
will not be mine.

He looks up at of the stars biographies,
their ages like prophets when he did this or that.
And while he’s following rightly to his own private sutra,
what he says will matter only once he’s paid.
So what makes him sing,
can you see vain within,
is he stealing all his licks.
The soup on the stove with the roots boiling down.
Bowie to Basie, black or white,
Burning up, browning out, overloading, counting down.

‘Cause your heart is beating only for a poster,
Your mind is thinking only of the film.
Your heart, your mind, your song, will not be mine.

I once loved a shadow
he clung to my side
living inside a pattern
watching reticent as others try to cross his lines.
Tired of dancing all by myself,
our loving wasn’t growing all too bright.
Then one day I turned on the pendant
to see what was there,
and he vanished into dishes and magazines.
I tried on the pinstriped suits of my lovers night.
But soon I got lost in the creases of his routines,
so many needs, so many deeds

‘Cause your heart is beating only for a poster,
Your mind is thinking only of the film.
Your heart, your mind, your song, and your union
Will never,
Will never be mine.

credits

from M, released October 11, 2011
Produced, arranged and recorded by Jonathan Dalin
Co-produced and arranged by Matt Ray
Additional tracks recorded by Matt Ray at Studio D in Brooklyn, NY
Additional tracks recorded by Matt Ray and Robert Smith at A Bloody Good Record in Long Island City, Queens, NY

Musicians:
Jonathan Dalin; piano, keyboards, drum programming and vocals
Matt Ray; piano, keyboards, guitar, and drum sequencing
Alex Hernandez; Bass Guitar
Marc Dalio; Drums

Mixing and Mastering by Robert Smith for Defy Recordings

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Jonathan Dalin New York, New York

Jonathan Dalin, a native of metropolitan Detroit, writes and produces original music in many genres. His songs feature quirky narratives, emotional sound environments, and lush melodies. From Laura Nyro to Kate Bush to SWV to Miike Snow.

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