10,000 Saucers

Found you
on a dreary night
and did not know your name
you were slowly dying
from a dead love's piercing pain
really had to bring you in
I'm Shelter, from the Rain
and now I just can't force myself to turn
you out again

10,000 saucers pass my window pane
it's all the same

Hear the
howling wolves at night
I wonder where they've been
they sound as sad as Eurydice
I think I'll cry again
for all the souls that wander hells
for Orpheus once again
and for the love you borrow from though having
none to lend

10,000 snowflakes on my window pane
melt into rain
it's all the same

See the
autumn moon tonight
it beckons with a smile
to things we've shared -- too numerous
to list in this short while
still somewhere up above
beside a throne there lies a file
bursting with The Poet's omnipresent
silent style

10,000 teachings on my window pane
the glass of my brain
breaks for refrain
it's all the same

And here
am I alone tonight
though you lie by my side
I love you now and evermore
that cannot be denied
the fact remains: I'm just a place
you often come to hide
you'll never know, never care this place inside
has died

10,000 lives dance past my window pane
they're all the same
10,000 saucers pass my window pane
whisper your name
it's all the same
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Bruce Notes:
This song was probably written sometime around 1980. I have always had an affinity for "magnum opus" rock songs like Stairway to Heaven, Freebird, etc. (Sure, they're overplayed, but there's a reason for that!) This song starts out with classical guitar, adds acoustic guitar, and then builds to an electric guitar duet section, which is based on a short phrase extracted from the verse.

R. Mageddon Notes:
I started on this about the same time as Alexander Hamilton (see below), but it was completed later in 1975. I put a lot of time into this song and it remains one of my favorites. Brooce put a lot into this as well. It was worth the wait. One of our rare "love songs." Baby, baby, baby.

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