Songsmith Lyrics - Magellan

A writer like a blacksmith-forging works of iron 

The jagged edges tempered into solid scripts for hire 

Solitary craftsman at his console merging audio discrete 

An ever changing soundscape sets the stage; the twains shall meet 

In a union strong 

Just like a working stiff 

He is a songsmith 

In a strange synthesis 

"restoration" announced 

It's the new riffs that count (no mainstream bore playing 13/4...) 

Break out of silence-complete the curve 

The songsmith maintaining his avant-garde nerve 

Innovation his palette-the urge and the test 

Adrenalin flowing, he can't even rest unless- 

Harmonic elements and special fx 

Conform to all his whims, an interpretive text 

But he'd sing for the masses if he just had the time 

With a vocal ideal and a long lyric line 

He is a songsmith 

Break out of silence-complete the curve 

The songsmith maintaining his avant-garde nerve 

Innovation his palette-the urge and the test 

Adrenalin flowing, he can't even rest unless- 

Harmonic elements and special effects 

Conform to all his whims, an interpretive text 

And he'd sing for the media if he had equal time 

With a vocal ideal and a long lyric line 

He is a songsmith 

It's not too late for the songsmith 

The curtain opens for creativity 

Give a backseat role to conspiracy 

Hear the signature and the melody 

Of the author flow in polyphony 

Will the writer last? 

Will his trade survive? 

In a world of commerce 

Can he hope to thrive? 

If his final sequence is not contrived 

Keep him honest now 

Just to keep him alive 

We need the songsmith...