Have We Found The Lost Chord?
A ‘maniac depression’ came over him one day.
As he sat down with his guitar,
and started then to play.
He played the notes.
A chord shone through.
The Angel rose above him,
and it hovered in the blue.
It spoke to him profoundly.
“You’ve hit life’s rhyme and reason”.
The chord he hit by accident,
is found in every season.
This life on earth is simple,
but he couldn’t make it clear.
As each one stood and laughed at him,
and said,
“Oh yeah, there there”.
But The Angel told a story,
too real to be untrue.
Then a maniac depression
set in this man so blue.
To clear his mind of guilt he felt,
when he couldn’t make us listen.
He filled himself with drink and drugs.
Then walked those steps to heaven.
Before he left, to go away,
where he’d sit again and play.
He left us with a vital clue.
‘Electric Ladyland’s’ for you.
Listen to the sound this time.
I think you’ll find it blows your mind.
But be prepared to doubt the proof.
It’s said the sound can raise the roof.
The chord of life you’ll find in love.
The chord is all around.
When the chord is strong enough,
the feeling is profound.
This man was chosen from the start,
to suffer from a bleeding heart.
A life that wouldn’t last too long,
remains immortal,
in his song.
Years from now they’ll look at us.
Tell me what they’ll see ?
A race of high intelligence.
But blind as blind can be.
Excerpt From – ‘Visions Of The Future Past’ @ VenBunce.com
Ven Bunce © 1988
