“Ten Feet Tall” is the next song in the queue. I have no idea when (or if) it'll be finished. It's mostly put together and just needs a final mix. Given recent mental health struggles, I figure it'll be finished when it's finished, if it's finished. But I do expect this will be sooner than later. I'm shooting for later this month, in March, or next month, April, of 2024.
“Ten Feet Tall” will be included on the album In The Fifth Circle, which will be released in late 2024 or in January of 2025.
When I'm standin' near my baby,
I feel 'bout, 'bout ten feet tall,
'Cause she loves me, adores me.
I'm her man, and that's all.
When she finds me, I'm somebody,
She makes me more than I am.
They can tell her I'm nothin’ but trouble,
And she just won't give a damn.
(CHORUS)
I'm livin' when I stand beside her.
I'm dyin' when she walks away.
I know I'm nothin' without her.
She knows I like it that way.
When I cry out in the darkness,
She pulls me into the light.
When I've fallen into madness,
She sets my ship aright.
If I'm crazy on that mountain,
And fall down for forty days,
She'll crawl back up that mountainside
To help me find my way.
(CHORUS)
I'm livin' when I stand beside her.
I'm dyin' when she walks away.
I know I'm nothin' without her.
She knows I like it that way.
(LEAD BREAK)
When I'm standin' near my baby,
I damned near reach ten feet tall,
'Cause she loves me and adores me.
I'm her man, and that's all.
Yes, she's crazy 'bout her baby.
I could not chase her away.
She found a fool on the mountainside,
And took him home to stay.
(CHORUS 2x)
I'm livin' when I stand beside her.
I'm dyin' when she walks away.
I know I'm nothin' without her.
She knows I like it that way.
Music & Lyrics: Wicasta Lovelace.
Copyright © 2024: Wicasta Lovelace.
Copyright © 2024: Windhaven Network.
performers
Victoria Lovelace - backing vocals
Wicasta Lovelace - lead & backing vocals, guitars, bass, drums, programming
production
Wicasta Lovelace - mixing, mastering
The short story which matches to “Ten Feet Tall” is titled “No One Of Note”. This story chronicles the last day of a man who's a legend in his own mind. That's kind of hard to explain, but his fans know what I mean.
AN EXCERPT
“The guitar's a bit much,” Johnny said as he entered the courtyard.
Satan glanced up, smiled. He continued to softly play licks on Johnny’s infamous red guitar. “Good to see you, John,” he said. “Been a long time.”
Johnny nodded. He wanted to say something witty. Or rude. Even hurtful. He wanted to be angry, to lash out, and to rage against the dying of the proverbial light. But he had nothing left to rage with. Johnny Rex Johnson was tired. He just wanted to lay his head down and be done with it all. It was time to put away the toys.
“How you get my guitar?” Johnny asked. It was the only question he had.
Satan grinned. “I have my ways. Besides, it’s our guitar. Is it not? It comes when I call. Same as it did for you.”.
The musician huffed. “Only came for me once.”
Johnny sat down beside the Lord of Darkness. The Prince of Lies. Bombad Biggity. He didn’t know all the verbiage. Satan kept playing. Just random bits. A bit of the bridge from Purple's “Perfect Strangers”. Parts of “Rock Soldier”. A quick refrain from “Time Bomb”. There was no commonality. Each seemed as random as the last. Bits and pieces, like fragments of memory floating to the surface, one after the other.
“Here’s one,” Satan told him, and played an odd, meandering riff.
It sounded like someone just noodling around. But there was a defined structure. It was so familiar. Complex but random; something which was very carefully constructed to sound haphazard.
“Oh,” Johnny said as he realized what it was. “Fripp, from ‘Ladies On The Road’!” Johnny grinned. “That one's diabolical.”
Satan smirked. “Well, you know me...”
Coming in 2024
Coming in 2024
Coming in 2024
Both the album and the short story collection share the title, “In The Fifth Circle”. The common theme between the two is that everything in both collections happened in a fictional nightclub called The Fifth Circle. And both of them are connected to a novel title “Blood & Chartreuse”.
It's complicated, y'all.
Were the songs inspired by the stories? Where the stories inspired by the songs? The answer to both of those questions is “Yes”. To varying degrees there was push and pull in both directions. I hope that in the end they will all collectively add up to an immersive experience that takes us all a little off the beaten path.
The weird stuff is in the weeds. So they tell me. I'll just keep re-visiting these works until they're all finished and there's an album and a book that I can toss onto a fire if need be on those cold, dark nights of the sould. There are too many interesting critters and ideas running around in my head to not see this through.
~ Wicasta Lovelace
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