Transition

Song-writing is difficult when you don't have anything about which to write songs. I don't think it's rocket science - when you're in love it's probably easier to write a love song and when you're pissed off it's easier to write an angry song. The problem is that right now, my life isn't really suited to writing songs. It's hard to write a song about the mundane chore of going to work unless you want the song itself to sound mundane. I always have this undercurrent of things I believe and want to write songs about, like politics, philosophy, what's wrong with the world, all that stuff, but when your views on the world are pretty constant and your lifestyle isn't much different, it's hard for a spark to come.
Today I cycled to a wood near my house and lay on my back, looking up through the branches, trying to shift my perspective a bit, but I couldn't detach the setting from my everyday life - I knew I'd just cycled there and I knew how to get back, and that stopped me from feeling much different. Was nice anyway, though. I guess I'll have to wait until my travels start before my songs get any good. Until then, maybe I'll learn some new chords.