Leaves fall from the banana tree, I realize I'm not sure that I'm sure how to spell banana. I watch the sun make the leaves translucent, like large glowing emeralds. I sit by the window hearing the sounds of my apartment hallway, a TV softly mumbling to itself, an occasional creak of the old walls, a door opening and closing and footsteps walking out. The crickets outside the window are already humming on this summer's night, a warm night, cooling only in the darkest hours of morning. The red carpets line the halls, black doors spaced evenly amidst the river of red flowing down the center. Each black door leads to some other world. One has a staircase, and at the bottom step falls off into the sky, one holds behind it a jungle, full if beatles and vines and trees, so thick you can practically see it growing before you. Behind another lies a throne, a large cathedral of a room, with a queen with a sour face like she just sucked the juice of a bag of lemons. Behind another black door is a lions cage, where Tiveti, the lion is sleeping, behind another a circus of red and gold and elephants doing cartwheels, behind another a castle covered in vines and snow, where a red rosebush grows bravely right in front. Behind another black door is a painting that you can step right into, feel and hear the squish of the painted flowers in your hands, the green pigments mixing with the orange and red, and dripping down your arm. Behind another is a wizard, and across the hall, behind another black door there is a witch. Enemies they are now, once the best of friends. Engaged in a magical war, you don't want to be in the hallway whe these two meet by chance. You might go up in smoke. And behind my door, in a white white room, is me. And I just sit and watch these things. And write them down. -KS

New lyric! Wrote in London with Matt Hales... You tell me what you think it's about. ;-) It's interpretive on purpose.

Hey my lovely ones,

As you may know by now, I have posted a brand new song on my myspace page called RSVP. It's only going to be up for one week! So you must check it out right away!

RSVP is about a love that was far far away from me, and I was reaching out to him through the page of lyrics. He heard me. 

I wrote this song with one of my favorite artists, Matt Hales of the band Aqualung. Check them out, if you don't know them. They're amazing. Also with the amazing producer Justin Gray. Check him out too. :)

we are one- xo

KS

New lyric!!! I know it's been awhile!!

MY AMAZING GRACE

 

A lion broke into my room

His gleaming eyes lit by the moon

He held me in his tortured gaze

Lost myself within the maze

 

I waited for the sound of love

A calling heart to pull me up

The thought of you was breathing me

A dream that only I could see

 

You, oh you

Are sunlight on my face

Oh you, oh you

Are my amazing grace

Oh you, oh you

Like shooting stars in space

You, oh you

Are my amazing grace

 

You held me like a mother’s child

A warm embrace a gentle smile

A kiss that makes the flowers swoon

I’m endlessly in love with you

 

My dear the lion whispers still

He pulls me in against my will

But in the night I feel you here

A light up in the atmosphere

 

You, oh you

Are sunlight on my face

Oh you, oh you

Are my amazing grace

You, oh you

Like shooting stars in space

Oh you, oh you

Are my amazing grace

Hello my friends... new song : )

I really like this one.

WORDS

All the times you broke my heart
From little tears to missing parts
And I have spackled and plastered
Heart mending master
I’m some strange work of art

The pieces left strewn on my desk
You always liked to put my work to the test
Well, I’m tired of buying
New stitches and tying
My fragile heart to all this mess

Still you’re knocking on my door
Promise you won’t hurt me anymore
What a trifle thing to say
I’ve heard it all before

You’re louder than your words
You think I haven’t heard
You’re louder than your words
These games are just absurd
So I’m giving up on you
You’re not worth what I go through
You think I haven’t heard
But you’re louder than your words
Words, words

All the times I held your hand
When you were lost wandering foreign lands
I brought out my maps and I tried to make you laugh and
Now you know just where I stand

Still you’re calling out my name
Aren’t you tired of the same old places
What silly girl I’ve been
I know you’ll never change

You’re louder than your words
You think I haven’t heard
You’re louder than your words
These games are just absurd
So I’m giving up on you
You’re not worth what I go through
You think I haven’t heard
But you’re louder than your words
Words, words

Hello my loved ones,

New lyric! This one is a bit abstract. I know what it means to me, so I can't wait to see what you hear in it. I just wrote and recorded it with Guy Chambers the other day.

PICTURES AND NUMBERS
K. Sweet

Sand slipping fast through hands
Hands that are heavy and have held onto me since I breathed

And time, time has told it’s joke
Well nobody’s laughing, and moments are passing with greed

I’m just a girl alone in a world
I try to break through
And pictures and numbers is all I’m amounting to
I’m just a girl I don’t know the world
Not like you do
And pictures and numbers was never enough for you

Oh, I needed you

Love has a different face
The shadows are longer, the words come out stronger with age

But you, you weren’t bought and sold
Don’t let them take me, corrupt and portray me this way

Cause I’m just a girl alone in the world
I try to break through
And pictures and numbers is all I’m amounting to
I’m just a girl I don’t know the world
Not like you do
And pictures and numbers was never enough for you

Oh, I needed you
Oh, I needed you

Hello my friends,

So I've decided in blogs I'm not going to post my thoughts about sandwiches, weather, whether or not leggings are in, politics, etc. but rather lyrics that I just wrote. Lyrics are my children, I love to craft and shape them as much as I love music itself. So therefore, I'm going to post some of my favorites and when the record comes out later this year, you'll already know the words. : ) And I think you will be more able to hear what I truly mean to express. I'd love to know all of your interpretations of the songs. So here goes!

ROBIN SQUARE
Lyrics by K. Sweet (ASCAP)

At Robin Square
Fresh as the ribbons in her hair
And she’s walking there
Watching butterflies in warm air

And she’s all alone
Waiting for the boy she knows
But when he doesn’t show
Heartbreaks hitting like a thrown stone

And the pain in her face
She tries erase just stays there
Cause she’s too young to fight
But too old to just close her eyes

And I said,
Oh, just take my hand
I will hold you
No one has to see the tears you cry
And I said,
Oh, you’ll be all right
Love is hard on fragile hearts
And I’ve been there exactly where you stand
Between your heart and hands

At Robin Square
There’s a man with a piano
And he’s sitting there
But he cannot play a note though

And the pain on his face
It’s usual place just stays there
Cause he’s too old to learn
But too young to not feel the burn

And I said
Oh, just take my hand
I’ll play with you
I won’t let them take away your pride
And I said
Oh, you’ll be all right
Love is hard on fragile hearts
And I’ll be there exactly where you stand
Between your heart and hands

At Robin Square
I am sitting on park bench
And I’m watching them
As they’re turning around life’s bends

I don’t claim to know
The paths that they chose for certain
But one thing is clear
That I can hear little hearts break

And I said
Oh, just take my hand
I walk with you
I alone will catch the tears you cry
And I said
Oh, you’ll be all right
Love is hard on fragile hearts
And I am there exactly where you stand
Between your heart and hands

Love,

KS

Hey guys-

My live performance on Mountain Stage just aired again, check it out!!!

xo

KS

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98954505

Poem I wrote this evening... it may end up in a song of mine ; )

KS

DEAR LOVER
K. Sweet

Dear lover on the hill
Waiting in your window sill
How's the weather way up there
Can you see me standing here?

You are a rose that blooms in spring
Sharpest thorns I've ever seen
If I pick you I will bleed
Why are you so afraid of me?

Dear lover at the gate
How long will you make me wait?
My heart was sent to you by mail
Since my love did not prevail

Locked away behind the wall
Behind a door inside a hall
Am I just a foolish girl
Like all the rest across the world?

Dear lover I am here
I will make it very clear
I will love you from afar
I would rather crave your heart

And stand here in the rain
Vines curl round my veins
Than turn and walk alone
You may be far and hard as stone
But dear lover, you are my only home

What Kelly Sweet Means

K is for Kind E is for Entertaining L is for Loud L is for Lovable Y is for Young S is for Sappy W is for Wise E is for Ebullient E is for Enthusiastic T is for Tolerant

What do you think? ; )



xo


KS