signs musings...by abby
Abby is a writer and friend to Grieve the Astronaut. This section of our website is dedicated to her musings about our journey. She will share her thoughts on each song as well as aspects of this journey that has led us to YOU...enjoy her own personal connection and take on the meaning of our songs and lyrics through her eyes...
MUSINGS #4 - "run"
First things first.
Vocab lesson of the day: Vertiginous comes from the word vertigo. So if you’re familiar with that concept, you’ll understand the connotation and why I think it’s the best way to describe what I’m trying to say even if it’s confusing or unclear to those unfamiliar with the word. That in and of itself is a bit of irony, considering the word basically means disorienting. fun fun fun
Ok on to the reason you’re here:
When approaching the musing for Run, I felt torn between opposing parts of my psyche. Rather than trying to neatly reconcile them, I decided to take a double-edged approach and fully immerse in the light side as well as the dark. The result are these two musings, each driven by strong and opposing forces, but also each containing fragments of the other.
This dichotomy is meant to represent the perspective with which we choose to view our lives and the notion that however you choose to see things, that’s how it’s going to be for you. Only in acknowledging and accepting both sides can we learn to leverage each for their strengths and find peace in the balance.
I’ve thus identified these musings as The Yin and The Yang: a perfect balance of light and dark forces that are interdependent and symbiotic, and a portion of each can be found nested in the other.
The Yin Sparked thoughts invoke fear, forming beads of sweat
Spurred on by these scars that we’ll not soon forget
This vertiginous vortex whips us along
Unwilling and restless, we’re compelled to go on
Heed peace in panic states
Lord knows the hour’s late
We choose to hide, don’t trust our fate
It’s flee or fight—it cannot wait
Spinning, swerving, bridges burning
Scenes shift and change but we’re still hurting
A carousel of doors revolving
Eyes shut and open, each blink absolving
Take off and leave it all behind
We’ll ne’er escape our judging minds
Change what you will, can’t be denied
Embrace darkness within the light
The Yang
Sparked thoughts ignite purpose buried inside
Silenced whispers from bloodlines who have come behind
Breathe it in, let it out, recognize what is left
Rouse burning embers quelled in the depths
Round and round reels the eternal impetus
Impelling souls, shaping paths laid before us
A choice, providential, divining our fate
Revealing who’ll rise and who’ll be left prostrate
Imminent future designed in the past
Arise from the ashes, alive at long last
The truth set before you kept from bleary eyes
Shed the scales of our blindness, the labyrinth aligns
Trust fate knows the outcome wherever it leads
Trust within us is all that we ever will need
Strength transforming weakness; a brand new beginning
Escape, or deny, or embrace our true meaning
-A
Vocab lesson of the day: Vertiginous comes from the word vertigo. So if you’re familiar with that concept, you’ll understand the connotation and why I think it’s the best way to describe what I’m trying to say even if it’s confusing or unclear to those unfamiliar with the word. That in and of itself is a bit of irony, considering the word basically means disorienting. fun fun fun
Ok on to the reason you’re here:
When approaching the musing for Run, I felt torn between opposing parts of my psyche. Rather than trying to neatly reconcile them, I decided to take a double-edged approach and fully immerse in the light side as well as the dark. The result are these two musings, each driven by strong and opposing forces, but also each containing fragments of the other.
This dichotomy is meant to represent the perspective with which we choose to view our lives and the notion that however you choose to see things, that’s how it’s going to be for you. Only in acknowledging and accepting both sides can we learn to leverage each for their strengths and find peace in the balance.
I’ve thus identified these musings as The Yin and The Yang: a perfect balance of light and dark forces that are interdependent and symbiotic, and a portion of each can be found nested in the other.
The Yin Sparked thoughts invoke fear, forming beads of sweat
Spurred on by these scars that we’ll not soon forget
This vertiginous vortex whips us along
Unwilling and restless, we’re compelled to go on
Heed peace in panic states
Lord knows the hour’s late
We choose to hide, don’t trust our fate
It’s flee or fight—it cannot wait
Spinning, swerving, bridges burning
Scenes shift and change but we’re still hurting
A carousel of doors revolving
Eyes shut and open, each blink absolving
Take off and leave it all behind
We’ll ne’er escape our judging minds
Change what you will, can’t be denied
Embrace darkness within the light
The Yang
Sparked thoughts ignite purpose buried inside
Silenced whispers from bloodlines who have come behind
Breathe it in, let it out, recognize what is left
Rouse burning embers quelled in the depths
Round and round reels the eternal impetus
Impelling souls, shaping paths laid before us
A choice, providential, divining our fate
Revealing who’ll rise and who’ll be left prostrate
Imminent future designed in the past
Arise from the ashes, alive at long last
The truth set before you kept from bleary eyes
Shed the scales of our blindness, the labyrinth aligns
Trust fate knows the outcome wherever it leads
Trust within us is all that we ever will need
Strength transforming weakness; a brand new beginning
Escape, or deny, or embrace our true meaning
-A
musings #3 - "madness"
Truth imprisoned in things left unsaid
And fear to keep it mute
Expectations not based in reality
Biased beings claiming impartiality
Cloaked insecurities laying low our happiness
Indifference masking dire emptiness
Unable to unite love with prejudice
Unable to see that in the mirror is the madness
Speak vitality into existence
Change the story with a phrase
Find words that breathe life into others
Free yourself; never settle for the same
Witness the world with eyes unclouded
See your true self as you are without it
Rouse the virtuous cycle, now the hesitance gone
Let your heart love unencumbered into the dawn
LYRICS:
In the madness, we crawl around, seeking what we can’t find, while all the world is blind.
And the words we choose will change us, they’ll open up our eyes.
Anticipate the anger…throw away the lies.
Will you open up to me, yeah?
In the end, we both will see.
It seems so simple, but love will set us free…
Will you open up to me?
And fear to keep it mute
Expectations not based in reality
Biased beings claiming impartiality
Cloaked insecurities laying low our happiness
Indifference masking dire emptiness
Unable to unite love with prejudice
Unable to see that in the mirror is the madness
Speak vitality into existence
Change the story with a phrase
Find words that breathe life into others
Free yourself; never settle for the same
Witness the world with eyes unclouded
See your true self as you are without it
Rouse the virtuous cycle, now the hesitance gone
Let your heart love unencumbered into the dawn
LYRICS:
In the madness, we crawl around, seeking what we can’t find, while all the world is blind.
And the words we choose will change us, they’ll open up our eyes.
Anticipate the anger…throw away the lies.
Will you open up to me, yeah?
In the end, we both will see.
It seems so simple, but love will set us free…
Will you open up to me?
MUSING #2 - "SIGNS"
Deja vu dreams glimpse what’s to come
Veiling reality from perception
Obscuring past and future selves
What’s once hidden, again found in another
Worthiness forfeit to the gravity of expectation
Fail, or follow
Trust is built on words of wisdom
Drink it in or drown it out
Connect to the sonorous vibrations
Or feign ignorance while praying for more
The evidence is prevalent to those whose hearts are open
Belittle, or believe
Fan the flame that ruins or refines you
The choice is yours to build or burn it to the ground
To find meaning in the minutiae
A manifestation of subconscious cues
Confirmation that the path before you is the one you’re meant to be on
Falter, or forward
LYRICS:
Spent a lifetime, becoming who you are.
Spent a lifetime, wondering who you are.
Couldn’t imagine, what this life would be…
Spent a lifetime, living up to me.
The voices in my head seem so real.
Keep telling me how to feel…keep telling me how to feel.
Signs in front of me.
Are they meant for me?
Will you choose to see? Take a chance on me…
Signs in front of me…
Veiling reality from perception
Obscuring past and future selves
What’s once hidden, again found in another
Worthiness forfeit to the gravity of expectation
Fail, or follow
Trust is built on words of wisdom
Drink it in or drown it out
Connect to the sonorous vibrations
Or feign ignorance while praying for more
The evidence is prevalent to those whose hearts are open
Belittle, or believe
Fan the flame that ruins or refines you
The choice is yours to build or burn it to the ground
To find meaning in the minutiae
A manifestation of subconscious cues
Confirmation that the path before you is the one you’re meant to be on
Falter, or forward
LYRICS:
Spent a lifetime, becoming who you are.
Spent a lifetime, wondering who you are.
Couldn’t imagine, what this life would be…
Spent a lifetime, living up to me.
The voices in my head seem so real.
Keep telling me how to feel…keep telling me how to feel.
Signs in front of me.
Are they meant for me?
Will you choose to see? Take a chance on me…
Signs in front of me…
MUSING #1 - "hope" (Muse behind the show)
Hope is to ignite a spark within, remind us of things forgotten;
of lessons yet to be learned;
of love lost and found in places unforeseen;
of the wonder within each of us;
of who we were, are, and will become;
of the universal rhythm of life that beats within all of us
and of possibilities that reside in an endless tomorrow.
of lessons yet to be learned;
of love lost and found in places unforeseen;
of the wonder within each of us;
of who we were, are, and will become;
of the universal rhythm of life that beats within all of us
and of possibilities that reside in an endless tomorrow.
who is abby?
Abby is a dear friend who has the gift of words and is a poet in her own right. As the SIGNS journey began, she was right there at every step of the story, songs, music and overall development of the show. It sparked her gift of writing and we as a band have been touched by her words and musings on what this show means to her. We felt that it would be important to have another artists' perspective on our message.
Please welcome Abby to the Grieve the Astronaut family!
Please welcome Abby to the Grieve the Astronaut family!
