Write Away Magazine Dec 2019

It was a silent night and I’d drifted off to sleep
First day on the job
Third shift watching my brother’s sheep
It didn’t pay much money
But it was all that I could find
I was trying to keep my nose clean
Tryin to toe the line
Tried to fight the sleep
But the job it was so boring
It didn’t help for me to hear
Them other fellows snoring
Then somewhere near the edge
Of being awake and having a dream
The night sky lit up the like the noonday
And I heard myself scream
And the angels started dancing
They started saying Noel
Joy to the world born this day
Is the King of Israel
I thought I was seeing things
Closed my eyes thinking I was dreamin
But I knew that it was for real
When I heard them other fellas screaming
A hundred million angels
They was dancing in the glory
We ran for we was worth we left them sheep
Cause somebody had to tell the story
And the angels started dancing
They started saying Noel
Joy to the world born this day
Is the King of Israel
To this day I can still hear’em
Close my eyes see the glorious fire
My brother swears I’d been drinking
That night when I talk about
that heavenly choir
You know it doesn’t matter
He’s gonna feel what He wants to feel
But as for me I know what I saw
It ain’t no story man its real
The angels started dancing
They started saying noel
Joy to the world is born this day’s
the king of Israel
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Outside the Box Writing
I like to look at a story and pick one element
and see where that tangent goes.
In light of the Holidays, I decided to revisit the
story of the Shepherds and the Angels from
Luke Chapter 2. As the story goes they were
watching their sheep at night when the angels
appeared.
So I took one of the Shepherds and thought
about a guy who was down on his luck, maybe
an ex con. His brother begrudgingly gives him
a job where no one would see him. I built the
lyric around him “trying to toe the line” to keep
his nose clean and not screw up.
Then an incredible event happens and he leaves
his livestock. What was the reaction from his
brother and what happened. Would you
believe him? I enjoyed just taking a little twist
and painting a different perspective. This takes
your listener on a paradigm shift and helps
them see deeper into the people involved.
Thinking differently than the norm is fun to
explore and can create new opportunities
of discovery and innovative lyric writing.
Merry Christmas! Happy writing!
David Michael Rose
26 www.writeawaymagazine.co.uk