Breakfast by David Voss
After a winter's worth of hungry drives to church at the break of dawn, lyrics began to form in my head in which I confused the sunrises I was driving directly toward with various delectable breakfast spreads. It was only later, when I sat down at my piano and played around with parallel thirds and mixed meters, that I began molding the lyrics I had previously written to fit the musical phrasing. And so "Breakfast" was born!
As far as arrangement and instrumentation goes, this is one of the few tracks on "Pictures at an Inhibition" that's just me, playing just about every instrument I know how to play. The church organ sets the scene and the mandolin brings home the song's bluegrass influence.
I hope this track whets your appetite for the full album release of "Pictures at an Inhibition" on April 30th!
Tracklist
| 1. | Breakfast | 3:49 |
Lyrics
some mornings there's a poached egg sky
milk white clouds hide the sun
thank you
thank you for this breakfast in the sky
I'll be swinging by
other mornings there's a red coil sun
wispy clouds that look like bacon
thank you
thank you for this breakfast in the air
I'm almost there
in the morning (3x)
on this morning where the sky was blue
the sun has spilled his orange juice
thank you
thank you for this breakfast in the east
such a welcome feast
in the morning (6x)
Credits
David Voss: mandolin, organ, piano, vocals
License
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David Voss is a composer, singer-songwriter, pianist, and mandolinist who lives in Brooklyn. He received his master's degree in music composition from Stony Brook University and works as a church organist and choir director.