“The SLP Song”

“The SLP Song”

From an early age, I felt the call to teach…  It was something that I was good at and also something I loved. At 15, I landed my first job as a soccer coach & camp counselor to kids ages 7-12. It was fun, challenging, and incredibly rewarding. It was easy, in the sense that it didn’t feel like “work” & simultaneously the longest, most exhausting day I had ever experienced in my life.  Although, I’m not sure I knew it at the time… but, I believe that is the ideal job/career. To be clear, I’m not saying that teaching/coaching is the ideal career for everyone… no, no, no… I’m looking at you sophomore English teacher! It is something that your passionate about, something you love doing, something you’re damn good at, something that you would probably do for free anyway, something that makes you smile every time someone asks you what you do for a living, something that you work tirelessly at knowing that all the hard work and long hours you put in, in the end will fulfill you in a way that is incomparable. This is how I feel about teaching. This is how I feel about making music. And, Every once in a while… I get to do both J !!!  …This is one of those times...  This is a song I wrote, with the most original of titles… “The SLP Song” a song about teaching English to kindergartners in Korea, while singing it with em’.

“The SLP Song”

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I started with ABC…

Then came 123…

Next came the silent E...
and that one was tough for me.

I learned the rules of my school

And how my pencil is a tool

All about Rhyming words,

nouns, adjectives and verbs.

And tomorrow I will be,

Bilingual, you will see…

Mom and Dad are proud of me…

And I love it at SLP!

I love it at SLP!

Everyday I study hard…

Knowing, one day I’ll go far…

With hard work I believe,

I’ll achieve all my dreams

So teacher, teacher…

Please help me to succeed

Show me patience and love

Help me earn my degree

And tomorrow I will be,

Bilingual, you will see…

Mom and Dad are proud of me…

And I love it at SLP!

I love it at SLP!

Another Decade, Another Day

In the end, we are the sum of all our parts.  Yet simultaneously, somehow, someway, we can never be anything more than who and what we are at any given moment.


Another Decade, Another Day

Ain't it funny, the path you take...

when you're trying to walk the other way

Ain't it funny, How a heart can break

When the love inside it dies

You know I loved you with all my heart

You up & left me with goodbye

So long to Sunshine, in came the rain

Hello moonshine, Tears & Pain

Another Decade, Another Day

Another "Wrong Way" left me feeling right

Another Toast to Another Love

Now pour one more & let's drink to lust

Cause there's only right now...

Only Today!

NOW or Never!!

GO or stay.

Staring at the Sunshine

Writing Songs about the Moon

Living in the moment

Running far away from you

Looking at the other side

a chance to just be me

find solace in a crowded room

the tallest man unseen

Thinking about all the time

everything that I won't see

All the questions left unanswered

All the things I'll never be

Cause there's only right now...

Only Today!

NOW or Never!!

GO or stay

Tell Me, Help Me, Sing

Tell Me, Help Me, Sing

Gentle Breeze, find my window…

Tell me the things tomorrow will bring,

Tell me a story, of love, I can sing

Tell me… tell me…

Father, Father, help me…

Make me the man you want me to be,

Give me a reason, a reason to sing

Help Me… Help Me…

Mother, mother blessed me…

Gave me her love, of a warm summers breeze,

Gave me a reason, a reason to sing
Sing… Sing...

Late Night Ramblings

where to begin...

...late night weary traveler,

the sands shift is subtle but swift

& your moonwalk dancing can't avoid the clouds

but your nosedive tendencies will surely find the ground

there's a hat facing not quite forward

& a pair of jeans big enough to make two pair in front of you

A Man with a mustache is licking his leftovers with intense eyes and sweat on his brow

Outside, there's a snowstorm.

& the softest whitest sweater, sits, sipping a martini by the window

Like a dream I've been waiting for...

...a moment to be realized...

when you wake at night, & realize...

then the moments gone & you realize... that Nothing Lasts.

It's Endless!?

shifting, tumbling, ticking... tock, tick-tock...

I wait & Wait & WAIT for what?

& for what I wait is worth it's weight...

& for what I wait is wait enough...

Time

30 years now… where’d they go…

30 years… I don’t know…

I sit & I wonder sometimes, where they’ve gone…

Yes… I know that’s not how the song goes.  Though at 31, I am starting to realize what Mr. Seger was talking about in that classic song…  Where did the time go?  & Oh, wouldn’t it be nice to relive those glory days.

I guess I’ve always been fascinated by time.  Consequently, time has become something I often incorporate into my writing…

“Time” by SIXSIDEDSOUNDS is a concept song I started writing about five years ago…  The song is third-person narrative, where time itself is observed as a woman.  In addition, the song intentionally blurs the lines between, the words, phrases & images that represent time and those that paint a portrait of the female form.  Beyond the songs background, “Time” even has 2 different versions, which are played in two different time signatures.   Check out the links to both versions below…

Time

Her hands move slowly,

her movements are precise, & known

She’s orchestrating,

conducts the pace, controls the race

        

But you know that she can’t be predicted

...Always about to come to pass

... she is such an evil mistress...

... such a precious gift...

... her innocence is her existence...

... will prove fatal in the end...

Sit arms crossed waiting,

for her finally to reveal herself

like dawn appearing,

to shed light on the dark of night

& you know that she can’t be predicted

...Always about to come to pass

... she is such an evil mistress...

... such a precious gift...

... her innocence is her existence...

... will prove fatal in the end...

“Time” - SIXSIDEDSOUNDS

http://www.reverbnation.com/SIXSIDEDSOUNDS/song/20540866-time

“Time” (live) – SIXSIDEDSOUNDS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG_oGi-beFs

Aimless Atom

Greetings,

For me personally, songs can come from a number of different places.  Lyrics can begin as stories or poetry first and later molded into songs, or sometimes, it all comes out at once, in a sort of creative frenzy that I both welcome and cherish.  Other times, I may have a guitar riff or chord progression for months, even years... seemingly waiting, for the lyrics to be presented to me when the time is right.  However, this song, "Aimless Atom" came to me as an idea to write a song about a lost soul, drifting through life aimlessly, while playing on the fact that we are all made of atoms, aimlessly drifting through time & space. Ultimately, the song is about life, love, loss and the perspective of coming full circle.


Listen Here: https://soundcloud.com/sixsidedsounds/aimless-atom

"Aimless Atom" 
Music & Lyrics by: Scott Gibson Paul 
- SIXSIDEDSOUNDS-

Aimless Atom all alone 
No one to call, nowhere is home 
 Can you feel the energy?
 Of the electro-magnetic field surrounding me 
 Give & Take I was born to die 
To come back again, as a Big Blue Sky 
Cause nothing lasts in the end 
The proven theory of Allison 
 There’s always Change, Joy & Pain 
Love & Lust, Crying Shame 

 Your smile tried, But, I can’t be swayed 
I’m just a broken man, up on a stage 
Looking out Across the Room 
Looking for some Beauty & Truth 
Open up the window to your soul 
I’m climbing in, out of the cold 
 Wrap me up in all your love 
Make me believe, in things I don’t 
 Sing stories Grand, Ideal, Untrue 
Just let me lay Right Here next to you 

As Mr. Blue, Sings songs to Mrs. Green 
Go Anywhere Be Anything 
 But, don’t expect A bump-less road 
Time will give you Callous bones
 The Best of you The worst of me 
The Prophetic words Wait & See 
As Electons swirl The Perfect Sphere 
Bringing light to eyes & Music to My Ears

Perpetually Drifting