Weekly Ludi #11
(Preface...I've been a studio and live musician for 40 years...I've been posting songs both live-at-home and various tracks off of my albums for a while on social media...so I thought I'd post them on here too.)
Weekly Ludi #11 is from my latest album, Mistakes Have Been Made. Once upon a time I was an avid traveler. So much has changed since then. This song goes out to all those still traveling in this doubtful and precarious world.
[link:https://soundcloud.com/john-ludi/02-the-traveler|
Your spirit whispers like a draft in a moldering tomb.
You eye the dusty suitcase lying in the corner of your room.
To don your wings once more and pretend you are free,
as Autumn's wind again compels you to flee.
The parade of novelty for now keeps you engaged,
but the night leaves you pacing an empty stage.
Though the faces may change, the motivations remain the same.
All the traveling you do takes you to the same old place.
It's like thousands of writers coming up with the same old play:
the dream's consistent though the food has a different taste.
After a while you outpace even your favorite regrets...
you're a wandering ghost in a world of marionettes.
Every time you think you've found a home
it's just a place to fly away from.