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    "Amie (Woman's Aging Eyes)"genre: Alternative General
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    This version of the song is very acoustic, lots of harmonies. I'm working on a newer version, but this is what's avaliable for now.
    CD: Project 1 (Unreleased Materials)   Label: Artist is unsigned

    Story Behind the Song
    Song is pronounced the same way as the name "Amy" as opposed to the french word "amie", meaning "friend".

    The motivation for the song: When I worked in child care, there was a little girl who clung to me and then there was her mother of (perhaps) good intentions. I wrote this song based on a realistic view of this single mother: an aging woman looking for some way, any way, to retain her youth, but of course she can't because she is on her own raising 2 children. This song was written December 17, 2000 at around 2 in the morning and has undergone a few modifications, but overall has remained relatively intact. This version was recorded in April of 2001 and was the second take of this particular recording.

    Lyrics
    Amie breathes the air of indecision and doubt
    and the stench of another night alone
    tucks the children into bed
    and cries herself to sleep
    and reaches for the unknown.

    Amie drinks the pool of life
    inside her cup
    and lets the excess drip off her lips.
    Smiles the smile of one who knows all
    and fears the fears
    of one who should know better.

    Trapped in her starry night
    fantasy
    wide-eyed
    wild-child
    cherry-scented
    blanket-covered
    hurricane (x2)

    Amie licks the silver spoon
    she dipped inside the honey jar
    and lets the taste linger on her tongue.
    Holds the warmth within her soul
    into the night
    to fight the cold
    of being alone.

    Some say the velvet comfort drains the essence
    like a vampire drains the blood
    Amie wipes the powder off her face
    and puts her hair up
    and looks in the mirror at the teenaged girl
    trapped in the woman's aging eyes.

    Amie heaves the sigh of better days gone by
    and holds the hope inside that better days will come
    kisses her children good-bye
    and goes to work to create
    the false illusion that all is normal now.

    Some say that neon dims her perspective
    like blindness brings eternal night
    Amie draws the curtains closed again
    and takes her mask off
    and looks inside at the teenaged girl
    trapped in the woman's aging eyes.

    Trapped in her starry night
    fantasy
    wide-eyed
    wild-child
    cherry-scented
    blanket-covered
    hurricane (x2)

    Amie kisses the shadows of her doubt
    and she sleeps with the essence of her fears
    someday she knows it will all go away
    with hope that
    it's not by the numbness brought on by her years.

    Some say the velvet comfort drains her essence
    like a vampire drains her blood
    Amie wipes the powder off her face
    and draws the curtains closed
    and looks in the mirror at the teenaged girl
    trapped in the woman's aging eyes...
    trapped in the woman's aging eyes...
    (I'm) trapped in the woman's aging eyes...

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